Magaziner, Crenshaw introduce contingency plan for Critical Infrastructure Act

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced legislation to require federal agencies to conduct assessments of critical infrastructure operations to better prepare for and respond to cyberattacks.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., introduced the Contingency Plan for Critical Infrastructure Act to mandate the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop a joint assessment of how the National Cyber Incident Response Plan would address risks posed to critical infrastructure.

The assessment would include evaluation of CISA’s capacity to remediate and respond to cyber incidents and support critical infrastructure owners and operators in transitioning to manual operating mode. [...] Read full article.