Former Rep. Langevin pushes for creation of cyber statistics bureau amid questions over concrete data on best practices

SAN FRANCISCO. Former Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), a long-time cyber policymaker on Capitol Hill, is continuing to push for the creation of a Bureau of Cyber Statistics as a way to provide “sufficient” data on outcomes and fulfill a major recommendation from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission that has not gotten much traction in Congress.

The Bureau of Cyber Statistics would be an entity that collects “anonymized” data that everyone can use and helps CISOs make the “business case” to their...