Representative Adam Putnam (R-Florida), chairman of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, plans to introduce legislation to mandate minimum baselines security standards for the private sector.

The article is short on detail, but essentially he feels that Congress, the Bush Administration, government agencies and private sector corporations are all dropping the ball on securing cyberspace and that its time for someone to step in and dictate some security standards.

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I don't mind them specifying minimum standards as a generality- but they can't specify exact configurations or applications.

Any thoughts?