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UPDATED 07:49 EDT / APRIL 16 2013

LIVE: Some 200 Senior IBM Executives Head to Washington to Ensure CISPA Passes

Nearly 200 senior IBM executives will pound the pavement on Capitol Hill today to press lawmakers to pass the controversial cybersecurity bill that will come up for a vote in the House this week. Holding nearly 300 meetings with lawmakers and staff, IBM is determined to get The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, passed. The company believes the best way to thwart a cyberattack is to encourage companies to share more data about malicious source code and other online threats with the government and their private-sector peers so they can take steps to address it, according to Chris Padilla, vice president of governmental affairs at IBM.

If this bill is passed, one of the chief concerns is that it would allow companies to share threat information directly with the military, including the National Security Agency. In doing so, they would not be required to take steps to remove personally identifiable information from that data. And here is the rub, privacy advocates warn that could lead to people’s email and IP addresses, names, and other personal information being inadvertently passed on to the NSA without their knowledge.

On this morning’s live NewsDesk Show with Kristin Feledy we’ll hear Founding Editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins’ take on the potential cyber security bill is and what can you do about it. Should you be worried that your personal information could be passed along without you knowing? Is this a necessary step to protect you from malicious cyberattacks?

*Update: see Mark’s full commentary below.

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