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WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today wrote to the Chief Executive Officers of Fortune 500 companies, challenging them to play a leading role in reforming cyber security laws and to distinguish their solutions-oriented cybersecurity leadership from the obstructionist politics of beltway lobbying organizations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In a series of letters to the CEOs of America's 500 largest businesses, Rockefeller noted that Congress came close to approving new cyber protections this summer--in response to the urgent requests of the Commanding General of Cyber Command and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Last month, Rockefeller urged President Obama to issue an executive order after the legislation was blocked. President Obama's chief counterterrorism advisor recently wrote Rockefeller to convey the President's determination to use all existing executive authorities to protect the nation from cyber attacks. Rockefeller commended the White House's decision and shared the Administration's belief that even with an executive order, there will remain a need for legislation to fully address American cyber threat readiness.
The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 would provide incentives for critical infrastructure companies that adopt voluntary standards to protect themselves from cyber threats. The goal is to protect critical infrastructure like power plants, utilities, pipelines, transportation and telecommunications networks, hospitals and other systems that American people and businesses rely on for the essentials of daily life.
Read the letter here http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=396eb5d5-23a4-4488-a67c-d45f62bbf9e5.
Rockefeller sent the letter http://commerce.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=396eb5d5-23a4-4488-a67c-d45f62bbf9e5 to the following companies:
Exxon Mobil............Wal-Mart Stores...............Chevron
ConocoPhilips............General Motors...............General Electric
Berkshire Hathaway.........Fannie Mae...............Ford Motor
Hewlett-Packard............AT&T..................Valero Energy
Bank of America Corp..........Verizon Communications............J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Apple...............CVS Caremark...............International Business Machines
Citigroup............Cardinal Health...............UnitedHealth Group
Kroger...............Costco Wholesale............Freddie Mac
Wells Fargo............Procter & Gamble............Archer Daniels Midland
AmerisourceBergen.........INTL FCStone...............Marathon Petroleum
Walgreen............American International Group.........MetLife
Home Depot............Medco Health Solutions............Microsoft
Target...............Boeing..................Pfizer
PepsiCo...............Johnson & Johnson............State Farm Insurance Cos.
Dell...............WellPoint...............Caterpillar
Dow Chemical............United Technologies............Comcast
Kraft Foods............Intel..................United Parcel Service
Best Buy............Lowe's..................Prudential Financial
Amazon.com............Merck..................Lockheed Martin
Coca-Cola............Express Scripts Holding............Sunoco
Enterprise ............Products Partners............Safeway...Cisco Systems
Sears Holdings............Walt Disney...............Morgan Stanley
Sysco...............FedEx..................Abbot Laboratories
DuPont...............Google..................Hess
Supervalu............United Continental Holdings.........Honewell International
CHS...............Humana..................Goldman Sachs Group
Ingram Micro............Oracle..................Delta Air Lines
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group......World Fuel Services............New York Life Insurance
Plains ...All American Pipeline......TIAA-CREF...............Aetna
Sprint Nextel............News Corp................General Dynamics
Allstate............HCA Holdings...............American Express
Tyson Foods............Deere..................Murphy Oil
Phillip Morris International......Nationwide...............Tesoro
3M...............Time Warner...............Northrop Grumman
DirecTV...............Publix Super Markets............McDonald's
Avnet...............Tech Data...............Macy's
International Paper.........Travelers Cos................Rite Aid
Staples...............Alcoa..................Northwestern Mutual
Raytheon............Halliburton...............Eli Lilly
Emerson Electric.........Massachussetts Mutual Life Insurance......Occidental Petroleum
AMR...............Fluor..................TJX
Goodyear Tire & Rubber.........Xerox..................Aflac
Manpower............Cigna..................Hartford Financial Services Group
U.S. Bancorp............Arrow Electronics............Bristol-Myers Squibb
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold......Nike..................Kimberly-Clark
Nucor...............EMC..................United States Steel
Baker Hughes............Time Warner Cable............Union Pacific
United States Automobile Association...Exelon..................Kohl's
Whirlpool............Capital One Financial............Illinois Tool Works
Cummins...............AES..................Southern Company
J.C. Penney............Apache..................Colgate-Palmolive
Altria Group............Jabil Circuit...............Danaher
Paccar...............FirstEnergy...............TRW Automotive Holdings
Computer Sciences.........Eaton..................Medtronic
PNC Financial Services Group......Bank of New York Mellon............Southwest Airlines
Amgen...............Progressive...............HollyFrontier
CenturyLink............NextEra Energy...............Marathon Oil
L-3 Communications.........Oneok..................American Electric Power
Viacom...............Qualcomm...............PG&E Corp.
PPG Industries............General Mills...............Global Partners
Dollar General............National Oilwell Varco............Gap
Duke Energy............Dominion Resources............CBS
Lear...............Loews..................DISH Network
Anadarko Petroleum.........Navistar International............Toys "R" Us
Baxter International.........Omnicom Group...............AutoNation
Community Health Systems......Texas Instruments............Ally Financial
Chubb...............Waste Management............Aramark
Kellogg...............Dean Foods...............US Airways Group
Consolidated Edison.........Land O' Lakes...............Edison International
PPL...............Yum Brands...............Genuine Parts
ConAgra Foods............Parker Hannifin...............Marriott International
Smithfield Foods.........Coventry Health Care............Sara Lee
Health Net............Penske Automotive Group............Icahn Enterprises
Monsanto............Thermo Fisher Scientific.........CSX
Starbucks............eBay..................Chesapeake Energy
Liberty Interactive.........Marsh & McLennan............Devon Energy
Office Depot............Avon Products...............Aon
Textron...............Huntsman...............Praxair
Entergy...............Public Service Enterprise Group.........Norfolk Southern
Nordstrom............First Data...............H.J. Heinz
SAIC...............Xcel Energy...............Lincoln National
Ameriprise Financial.........R.R. Donnelley & Sons............Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Applied Materials.........Stanley Black & Decker............Synnex
Jacobs Engineering Group......Peter Kiewit Sons'............Limited Brands
Newmont Mining............Genworth Financial............C.H. Robinson Worldwide
Unum Group............Liberty Global...............State Street Corp.
EOG Resources............Whole Foods Market............Air Products and Chemicals
Sempra Energy............BB&T Corp................Mosaic
Automatic Data Processing......CDW..................SunTrust Banks
Tenet Healthcare.........GameStop...............Motorola Solutions
URS...............Western Digital...............VF
Las Vegas Sands............CarMax..................KBR
Visa...............Enbridge Energy Partners.........BlackRock
NRG Energy............Western Refining............DTE Energy
Caesars Entertainment .........Reinsurance Group of America .........Estee Lauder
Micron Technology.........AGCO..................Sherwin-Williams
Bed Bath & Beyond.........Principal Financial............Crown Holdings
Ball...............Owens & Minor...............Ross Stores
Discover Financial Services......Family Dollar Stores............Reynolds American
Henry Schein............Dover..................CenterPoint Energy
Gilead Sciences............Ashland..................Stryker
Hertz Global Holdings.........Assurant...............Kinder Morgan
Energy Transfer Equity.........Autoliv..................Republic Services
Reliance Steel & Aluminum......Peabody Energy...............Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
W.W. Grainger............AutoZone...............Visteon
AECOM Technology.........Steel Dynamics...............Coca-Cola Enterprises
Williams............Commercial Metals............Hormel Foods
Corning...............TravelCenters of America.........Sonic Automotive
MGM Resorts International......Thrivent Financial for Lutherans ......Becton Dickinson
Campbell Soup............Boston Scientific............Dana Holding
Oshkosh...............Masco..................Universal Health Services
Ameren...............Quest Diagnostics............Darden Restaurants
Regions Financial.........Broadcom...............Owens-Illinois
Eastman Chemical.........Pantry..................Cablevision Systems
Dole Food............Tenneco..................Charter Communications
Spectrum Group International......Franklin Resources............OfficeMax
BorgWarner............Alpha Natural Resources............Energy Future Holdings
Interpublic Group.........DaVita..................Barnes & Noble
Targa Resources............Cameron International............Calpine
Ecolab...............Cliffs Natural Resources.........Avery Dennison
Celanese............NII Holdings...............MasterCard
Jarden...............Fifth Third Bancorp............Dollar Tree
Weyerhaeuser............Agilent Technologies............Sanmina-SCI
NuStar Energy............Advanced Micro Devices............Terex
CMS Energy............AK Steel Holding............American Family Insurance Group
Dillard's............McGraw-Hill...............Amerigroup
Anixter International.........Precision Castparts............Mattel
Omnicare............Corn Products International.........Symantec
Advance Auto Parts.........Core-Mark Holding............CC Media Holdings
Expeditors International of Washington...Mylan..................Wesco International
Cognizant Technology Solutions......Consol Energy...............PetSmart
WellCare Health Plans.........CF Industries Holdings............UGI
Hershey...............Group 1 Automotive............MeadWestvaco
Ryder System............Eastman Kodak...............NiSource
Rockwell Automation.........Mutual of Omaha Insurance.........Shaw Group
Harris...............Newell Rubbermaid............Pepco Holdings
CBRE Group............Dr Pepper Snapple Group............Avis Budget Group
PVH...............Pacific Life...............General Cable
Exelis...............Health Management Associates.........O'Reilly Automotive
Fidelity National Information Services...SLM..................Seaboard
Emcor Group............Auto-Owners Insurance............SanDisk
Ralph Lauren............Mohawk Industries............Sealed Air
Starwood Hotels & Resorts......Foot Locker...............Domtar
St. Jude Medical.........Spectra Energy...............Booz Allen Hamilton Holding
CH2M Hill............Kelly Services...............Avaya
Laboratory Corp. of America......Kindred Healthcare............Western Union
SPX...............NCR..................Allergan
Rock-Tenn............Live Nation Entertainment.........Graybar Electric
Momentive Specialty Chemicals......Centene..................Owens Corning
Catalyst Health Solutions......Clorox..................Bemis
Harley-Davidson............Con-Way..................Insight Enterprises
Pitney Bowes............Wynn Resorts...............BrightPoint
Frontier Communications.........Gannett..................Dick's Sporting Goods
Big Lots............Allegheny Technologies............Telephone & Data Systems
Timken...............W.R. Berkley...............Fidelity National Financial
Casey's General Stores.........NetApp..................FMC Technologies
Biogen Idec............CVR Energy...............United Stationers
Host Hotels & Resorts.........SunGuard Data Systems............Meritor
Western & Southern Financial Group...Yahoo..................Vanguard Health Systems
Charles Schwab............Susser Holdings...............YRC Worldwide
El Paso...............CIT Group...............MetroPCS Communications
Alliant Techsystems.........Celgene..................MRC Global
Aleris...............J.M. Smucker...............Rockwell Collins
Erie Insurance Group.........Nash-Finch...............KeyCorp
Molina Healthcare.........McKesson
Read this original document at: http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=18db690c-c237-4358-9097-3d53f4762cc0&ContentType_id=77eb43da-aa94-497d-a73f-5c951ff72372&Group_id=4b968841-f3e8-49da-a529-7b18e32fd69d
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