Morning Security Brief: Lawmakers Cut Budget, Companies Testify on Data Theft, and Law Criminalizes Password Sharing
♦ The House of Representatives has approved the 2012 appropriations bill (H.R. 2017) for the Department of Homeland Security. According to the Associated Press, the billion budget approved by the Republican-led House was billion less that the Obama Administration requested. Some of the cuts include port and transit security grants and money for high-risk cities. The bill includes an additional million for cell phone towers along the U.S.
