In the current Washington dysfunction, the mission-critical problem of cybersecurity is being addressed through patchwork, stopgap solutions that often create more difficulties than they solve.

The lack of a comprehensive national cyber policy has allowed the Federal Trade Commission to exert self-appointed authority, leading to two potentially landmark legal cases—cases that may soon decide if the agency has broad authority to dictate how businesses protect electronic and online data across industries.

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