The Chamber submits these comments in response to the request for comments from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding the Mandatory Advance Electronic Information for International Mail Shipments interim final rule (IFR or Rule).1 This IFR implements portions of the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2018 (STOP Act)
What happened?Today, the European Parliament narrowly approved German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen as the European Commission’s first female president. The vote was 383-327, meaning von der Leyen barely exceeded the threshold of 374 votes needed to win. Her narrow victory will hamper her ability to command a broad majority in favor of her policy agenda.
Action Plan to Implement National Security Presidential Memorandum Regarding U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Executive Summary
As security ratings continue to mature, more organizations in the public and private sectors leverage them in making business and risk decisions. As a key piece of a robust security evaluation program, security ratings based on accurate and relevant information are useful tools in evaluating cyber risk and facilitating collaborative, risk-based conversations between organizations. Security rating companies use a combination of data points collected or purchased from public and private sources and proprietary algorithms to articulate an organization’s security effectiveness into a quantifiable measure or score. As these ratings rely in part upon the quality and breadth of the data they use, the variety of sources and the dynamic nature of the environment create risks of producing ratings that can potentially be inaccurate, irrelevant or incomplete.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has made economic growth its driving focus for 2017. Recent years have seen a surge of business and government investments and innovations in the field of cybersecurity. Policy developments used to be driven almost exclusively by government, but today companies are valuable partners in the quest to protect U.S. networks and information systems.
For those of you who missed the ISAO (information sharing and analysis organization) conference in San Antonio, here’s a quick look at what you missed and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Revised November 17, 2014
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Partners with FCC to Release Small Biz Cyber Planner 2.0 to Empower Small Businesses with Customizable Cybersecurity Plans
From shipping to staffing, the Chamber and its partners have the tools to save your business money and the solutions to help you run it more efficiently. Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today to start saving.
