128 STAT. 3066
PUBLIC LAW 113–282—DEC. 18, 2014
Public Law 113–282
113th Congress
An Act
Dec. 18, 2014
[S. 2519]
National
Cybersecurity
Protection Act of
2014.
6 USC 101 note.
6 USC 148 note.
To codify an existing operations center for cybersecurity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Cybersecurity Protection
Act of 2014’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Center’’ means the national cybersecurity
and communications integration center under section 226 of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 3;
(2) the term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 101);
(3) the term ‘‘cybersecurity risk’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 226 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, as added by section 3;
(4) the term ‘‘information sharing and analysis organization’’ has the meaning given that term in section 212(5) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 131(5));
(5) the term ‘‘information system’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 3502(8) of title 44, United States Code;
and
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
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6 USC 148.
‘‘SEC.
226.
NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY
INTEGRATION CENTER.
AND
COMMUNICATIONS
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘cybersecurity risk’ means threats to and
vulnerabilities of information or information systems and any
related consequences caused by or resulting from unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, degradation, disruption, modification,
or destruction of information or information systems, including
such related consequences caused by an act of terrorism;
‘‘(2) the term ‘incident’ means an occurrence that—
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