eIQnetworks Plays a Role in Educating Leaders about Cyber Security Issues

Cyber security firm eIQnetworks claims to be working with several top technology firms and U.S. government officials to help educate them as they draft a comprehensive cyber security bill aimed at addressing cyber threat to U.S. economy.

The Acton, Mass-based company stated the bill is now set to be pushed through the U.S. House and Senate. Officials suspect that there would be a catastrophic cyber attack on U.S. banking or grid system in the near future. Therefore they are preparing the nation to head off such an attack.

For its part, eIQnetworks (News - Alert) conducted a legislative roundtable with the staff of House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) along with senior security executives from various Fortune 1,000 organizations to help educate legislative directors who crafted a cyber security bill.

“As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I am often asked what keeps me up at night, and one of the key issues is cyber threat,” commented Rep. Ruppersberger.

 “Some of our top officials predict, and I agree, we will have a catastrophic cyber attack within the next year. Whether it’s an attack on a banking system or a grid system, it is going to happen and we need to be sure we protect ourselves.”

The new bipartisan legislation would promote sharing of threat intelligence by the government to private industry and provide positive authority for the private sector to protect itself and share threat information.

“With this new bill, both the government and the private sector will have a means of sharing critical security information that will help safeguard IT networks across the country,” commented John Linkous, eIQnetworks’ vice president, chief security and compliance officer. “This bill further supports situational awareness, giving organizations a clearer understanding of their infrastructure and helping to proactively protect and defend against impending, disastrous attacks. America should take notice at Rep. Ruppersberger’s warning of a severe threat and prepare today.”