The massive cyber security breaches on major companies in the United States has prompted the White House to put more teeth on laws against cyber attacks, The Hill reported.

President Obama at the Department of Homeland Security will propose the new legislation, according to reports on Tuesday, where he is scheduled to deliver a speech.

The new measure will mandate companies to inform its customers within 30 days regarding any breach in their cyber system.

The president will also introduce the Students Digital Privacy Act which will bar firms from selling student information to another party and also avert the sale of school data for advertising.

"Certainly in the aftermath of some of the more recent cyber-attacks that we've seen that have been carried out against a number of private companies -- including most recently Sony -- hopefully that got the attention of people on Capitol Hill, that they actually need to fulfill their responsibilities to actually make progress on this issue," White House press secretary Josh Earnest was quoted saying in the Hill article.

Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus, retail firms, were victims of cyber attacks. Sony Picture also suffered from cyber attack; the hacking was so massive that several reports have already come out regarding leaked information through the breached based on the studio's executive email correspondences.

Earlier the United States government looks at the Sony cyber-attack as "serious national security matter," New York Daily News reported.

President Obama himself expressed disappointment over the cancellation of the film "The Interview" - the alleged reason for the cyber attack - saying the studio should not have backed down to the cyber attackers threats.

Obama's threat of retaliating "proportionally" to the attack has stirred some criticism from Republicans.

Reports also said that Vice President Biden will make an announcement of funding support for cybersecurity education by the that the Department of Energy, in the tune of $25 million in grants over the next five years.

 "This is a direct threat to the economic security of American families, and we've got to stop it," Obama said Monday during a speech at the Federal Trade Commission. "If were going to be connected, we've got to be protected."