{"id":36888,"date":"2021-06-24T16:58:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36888"},"modified":"2021-06-24T16:58:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T23:58:01","slug":"bipartisan-house-lawmakers-introduced-legislation-to-step-up-cybersecurity-literacy-and-increase-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36888","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan House lawmakers introduced legislation to step up cybersecurity literacy and increase awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of bipartisan House lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation to step up cybersecurity literacy and increase awareness among the American public amid a spike in cyber threats against critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The American Cybersecurity Literacy Act would require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish a cyber literacy campaign to help promote understanding of how to stay safe online and prevent successful cyberattacks.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is led by Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ljzqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmkmjqdk_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ljzqsfzphmmrlflmrdjhhrqqhzrcmzmyynhpfwcmkmjqdk_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624662000015000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZTPbV5gSj4gdzwlVP8r-vRZx6uw\">Adam Kinzinger<\/a>\u00a0(R-Ill.) and co-sponsored by Reps.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hsfmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvqvcmsb_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hsfmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvqvcmsb_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624662000015000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoVAlqOuJsGfL3RmcohHK6_9anFw\">Anna Eshoo<\/a>\u00a0(D-Calif.),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wwzzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmdldgzww_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/wwzzktfqjddbhthdbwgjjbzzjfbmdfdyysjqtnmdldgzww_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624662000015000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtTkG5pZqrsf3_nCyeoWjUQnaoPQ\">Gus Bilirakis<\/a>\u00a0(R-Fla.),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hshmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvqvcmsc_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hshmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvqvcmsc_apsmhhdkdnmpkyhtdphd.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624662000015000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEghtqkFNveF6sJE7x1NLTBU05-fw\">Marc Veasey<\/a>\u00a0(D-Texas) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.).<\/p>\n<p>The bill comes in the wake of several major debilitating cyberattacks aimed at the U.S. in recent months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of bipartisan House lawmakers&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36889,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36888\/revisions\/36889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}