I wouldn't be surprised if this bill simply protected what they're already doing in secret. I'm sure all of these companies already have agreements with the NSA of one kind or another.
Really it just streamlines things and eliminates paperwork shuffles. If you have something they should see and they know you aren't a crank you just say hey, I have this event. If you are interested, send me admin subpoena. If they care, they do.
The entity handling this stuff seems to be DHS or FBI, not NSA, but they are all part of IC so the info should, in theory, be shared around.
My wild speculation is they are trying to gather logs to make a sort of national IDS to be more proactive in detecting APT.
The entity handling this stuff seems to be DHS or FBI, not NSA, but they are all part of IC so the info should, in theory, be shared around.
My wild speculation is they are trying to gather logs to make a sort of national IDS to be more proactive in detecting APT.