Warner, Gardner, Others Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Secure Federal IoT Devices
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers reintroduced legislation Monday to require U.S. government devices follow minimum security requirements. The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act was introduced by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va.; Cory Gardner, R-Colo.; Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.; and Steve Daines, R-Mont., along with Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Will Hurd, R-Texas. The National Institute of Standards and Technology would issue recommendations for “secure development, identity management, patching, and configuration management for IoT devices.” The bill has support from BSA|The Software Alliance, CTIA, Mozilla and Symantec.