House and Senate conferees have agreed to include major cybersecurity pieces in the annual defense policy bill, creating a National Cyber Director and adopting other proposals that will make the legislation "the most significant cyber bill Congress has ever passed," according to Cyberspace Solarium Commission senior adviser Mark Montgomery. The 793-page conference report released last week includes a series of recommendations on strengthening the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, plus requirements for continuity-of-economy planning and a force structure assessment for...
