National Cybersecurity Defense Team Authorization Act

Allowed the U.S. President’s Advisor for Cyberspace Security to set up a National Cyber Security Defense Team to identify Internet infrastructures vulnerable to terrorist attacks and to recommend ways of eliminating such vulnerabilities. On March 5, 2002, the Act was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On May 23, 2002, the bill was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, but was not passed in this form.

See Also: Cyberspace; Internet; Vulnerabilities of Computers.