owned and operated infrastructures are secure and that is the key to the privately owned and operated seibu infrastructure and can well be and probably will someday be the target of an enemy attack. it is today the target of economic exploitation, and we have got to work together with the private sector for to better secure the systems both for their own defense, and for our national defense. in this bill the systems that will be asked to meet standards are defined as those that have brought down our common era of mass casualties, evacuation of major population centers, the collapse of the financial markets or significant degradation of the national security is a this is a tight and high standard. after identifying the systems that meet those standards, the secretary of the department of homeland security under the legislation would then work with the private sector operators of the systems to develop cybersecurity performance requirements. owners of the privately operated cyber systems covered would have the flexibility to meet the performance requirements with whatever hardware or softwar

bill i just wondered if the secretary of defense believes that the defense industrial base likes the seibu model of information sharing and is announced by the department of defense in june of 2011 where they would prefer to be regulated. i think there are some unanswered questions but the point is i would be very strong about, senator collins, is that some of the concerns and we are grateful. >> that's my point as we frankly been over backwards to try to listen to the legitimate concerns without weakening the bill to the point where it can no longer accomplish the goal. another important provision of the bill, the owners of critical infrastructure, not the government, not dhs would select and implement the cybersecurity measures that they determine are best suited to satisfy risk-based performance requirements, does the chamber support having the owners of the infrastructure decide rather than government mandating specific measures? >> as i recall in the legislation the chamber lacks the notion that the selector select agencies with respect to the departments and agencies coordinating cou

owned and operated infrastructures are secure and that is the key to the privately owned and operated seibu infrastructure and can well be and probably will someday be the target of an enemy attack. it is today the target of economic exploitation, and we have got to work together with the private sector for to better secure the systems both for their own defense, and for our national defense. in this bill the systems that will be asked to meet standards are defined as those that have brought down our common era of mass casualties, evacuation of major population centers, the collapse of the financial markets or significant degradation of the national security is a this is a tight and high standard. after identifying the systems that meet those standards, the secretary of the department of homeland security under the legislation would then work with the private sector operators of the systems to develop cybersecurity performance requirements. owners of the privately operated cyber systems covered would have the flexibility to meet the performance requirements with whatever hardware or softwar