S.Amdt. 2612Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)2nd degree

To improve the definitions of cybersecurity threat and cyber threat indicator.

Sponsored by Al  Franken Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)
Submitted August 4, 2015

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 2612 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 35 - 60. Record Vote Number: 288.

October 27, 2015

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 2612 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 35 - 60. Record Vote Number: 288.

October 27, 2015

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 2612 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 35 - 60. Record Vote Number: 288.

October 27, 2015

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7498, S7509-7510)

October 27, 2015

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Amendment SA 2612 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 35 - 60. Record Vote Number: 288.

October 27, 2015

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7430)

October 22, 2015

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7374, S7381; text as further modified: CR S7381)

October 21, 2015

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2612 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Franken to Amendment SA 2716.(consideration: CR S7334-7335; text as modified: CR S7334-7335)

October 20, 2015

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Amendment SA 2612 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Franken to Amendment SA 2716. (consideration: CR S7334-7335; text as modified: CR S7334-7335) To improve the definitions of cybersecurity threat and cyber threat indicator.

October 20, 2015

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Senate amendment submitted

August 4, 2015

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Senate amendment submitted

August 4, 2015

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Submitted

SA 2612. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Wyden)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
754, to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced
sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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system that is reasonably likely to result in an unauthorized
effort to adversely impact the security, availability,
confidentiality, or integrity of an information system or
information that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an
information system.
(B) Exclusion.--The term ``cybersecurity threat'' does not
include any action that solely involves a violation of a
consumer term of service or a consumer licensing agreement.
(6) Cyber threat indicator.--The term ``cyber threat
indicator'' means information that is necessary to describe
or identify--
(A) malicious reconnaissance, including anomalous patterns
of communications that appear to be transmitted for the
purpose of gathering technical information related to a
cybersecurity threat or security vulnerability;
(B) a method of defeating a security control or
exploitation of a security vulnerability;
(C) a security vulnerability, including anomalous activity
that appears to indicate the existence of a security
vulnerability;
(D) a method of causing a user with legitimate access to an
information system or information that is stored on,
processed by, or transiting an information system to
unwittingly enable the defeat of a security control or
exploitation of a security vulnerability;
(E) malicious cyber command and control;
(F) the harm caused by an incident, including a description
of the information exfiltrated as a result of a particular
cybersecurity threat;
(G) any other attribute of a cybersecurity threat, if
disclosure of such information is not otherwise prohibited by
law; or
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