Markey, Lieu: Commerce Proper Agency to Certify IoT Devices

The Commerce Department is the proper agency to enforce a national certification process for IoT devices (see 1802150034), Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., told the American Enterprise Institute, AEI said Tuesday. Their Cyber Shield Act establishes an advisory committee of cybersecurity experts to recommend cybersecurity benchmarks for IoT devices. Commerce has the “breadth, mission and responsibility” to implement such a program, the lawmakers said. Pressure is building to pass legislation on privacy and cybersecurity breaches, they argued, citing the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica privacy breach and the Equifax data breach. They noted CTIA in August launched a cybersecurity certification program for IoT devices.