Just the other day we were announcing our readers about the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 reaching the American Senate. Recent news inform that the legislation did not pass, giving reason of celebration to activists and privacy rights supporters. Although supporters of the CSA urged the Senate to pass the legislation as national security is at stake, their wish did not come true. Prior to this failure, the CNN wrote : “The risks to our nation are real and immediate,” Brennan said, adding that the White House doesn’t see the legislation as a partisan issue, but rather a matter of national security. Brennan said that if passed, the new legislation would give the government the three legislative elements it needs to fend off cyberattacks: new information sharing between the government and private industry, better protection of critical infrastructure like the power grid and water filtration facilities, and authority for the Department of Homeland Security to unite federal resources to lead the government’s cybersecurity team. “First and foremost, we see that the threat is real and we need to act now,” said Alexander, who recently returned from a hacker convention in Las Vegas, where he urged the best and the brightest to put their skills to work for the government. He stressed that the new legislation would enable the government to prevent an attack, not just respond to one, and said the FBI, DHS, Cyber Command and the NSA can unite as a team to do so

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US Senate Kills CSA2012