Senate Commerce, House Homeland Security Plan Cybersecurity Hearings

The Senate Commerce and House Homeland Security committees both scheduled cybersecurity hearings for 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Senate Commerce hearing will address cybersecurity issues for IoT, blockchain, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other “emerging technologies,” and how those technologies present “innovative opportunities to combat cyber threats more effectively,” the committee said Friday. Intel Chief Technology Officer Steve Grobman, IBM Security Vice President-Threat Intelligence Caleb Barlow, National Venture Capital Association Chairman Venky Ganesan and Cylance Chief Security and Trust Officer Malcolm Harkins are set to testify, Senate Commerce said. The hearing will be in Dirksen 106. House Homeland Security said its hearing will focus on the Department of Homeland Security’s civilian cyber defense mission and the cyberthreat landscape. The hearing appears to be partially focused on committee Chairman Michael McCaul’s, R-Texas, planned reintroduction of his Department of Homeland Security Reform and Improvement Act, which would reorganize the department’s National Protection and Programs Directorate as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency (see 1701050073). Former NSA Director Keith Alexander, now IronNet Cybersecurity CEO, and former White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel, Cyber Threat Alliance president, are among those to testify. George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security Director Frank Cilluffo and EastWest Institute Global Vice President Bruce McConnell will also testify, House Homeland Security said. The hearing will be in House Capitol Visitor Center Room 210.