There’s one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on: the need to reduce the impact of cyber-threats.

To that end, members of Congress proposed a bipartisan bill on Jan. 17, the “Cybersecurity State Coordinator Act of 2020,” to facilitate stronger coordination among federal and non-federal entities in combating cyber-criminals. A primary goal of the bill is to facilitate greater engagement from the federal government to help non-federal entities build up their defenses.

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...