Information Security Act

Information Security Act definition - hacker

(legal term)

On October 16, 2002, U.S. Representative Christopher John, D-LA, introduced a public sector bill called the Information Security Act. Its purpose was to increase secure information sharing and communications sharing among the agencies affiliated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On October 16, 2002, the Act was sent to the House Committee on Government Reform. It has not been passed in this form.

See Also: Department of Homeland Security (DHS); U.S. Intelligence Community.

Center for Democracy and Technology. Legislation Affecting the Internet. [Online, July 28, 2004.] Center for Democracy and Technology Website. http://www.cdt.org/ legislation/107th/wiretaps/.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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