Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) Was Passed in the House of Representatives

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was passed in the House of Representatives on April 26, 2012. CISPA is a United States proposed law introduced on November 30, 2011. The bill allows the sharing of attack and threat information between the U.S. government and companies to ensure the security of networks against attacks. CISPA has been criticized by advocates of Internet privacyand civil liberties by citing few limits on what private information governments can monitor and how the data may be used.