House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said...

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said Thursday he’s “extremely optimistic” that the Senate will pass its own long-delayed version of cybersecurity information sharing legislation this year. The Senate Intelligence Committee is now finalizing its information sharing bill, named in a discussion draft as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which tracks with many aspects of the House-passed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR-624). Rogers said at an American Enterprise Institute event that he met with Senate Intelligence leaders Wednesday. “That was one of the most productive meetings I thought we had this year on this issue,” he said. “I am very, very encouraged by this meeting yesterday.” Former NSA Director Keith Alexander said Congress needs to pass cybersecurity legislation that improves information sharing between the government and private sector. That legislation should also include liability protections for companies acting on government-supplied information, Alexander said. “We need to push that through,” he said.