[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15824-15825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         CYBERSECURITY THREATS

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, American companies are facing a growing 
threat from cybersecurity attacks that aim to disrupt business, access 
personal information, and steal intellectual property. With October 
being National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we need to focus on 
ensuring our systems are safe, both in the private and public sectors.
  At a congressional hearing not long ago, the head of the FBI said 
there are two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those 
that do not know they have been hacked. We have seen numerous companies 
in the past few years that have been the victims of massive cyber 
attacks. The Federal Government cyber breach recently at the Office of 
Personnel Management has also put the personal information of millions 
of Americans at risk.
  The House has taken action by passing the National Cybersecurity 
Protection Advancement Act that protects

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critical information from hackers and ensures more cooperation between 
the businesses and the government to thwart cyber attacks.
  Mr. Speaker, we know the vulnerability of our information systems. We 
need a cybersecurity framework that ensures Americans' information is 
protected.

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