Markey, Blumenthal Reintroduce Bills for Car, Airplane Cybersecurity

Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., reintroduced two bills Friday to improve cybersecurity in cars and airplanes. The Security and Privacy in Your Car Act would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and FTC to “establish federal standards to ensure cybersecurity in increasingly computerized vehicles and to protect drivers’ privacy.” The Cybersecurity Standards for Aircraft to Improve Resilience Act would require disclosure of cyberattack information on aircraft and “standards to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities” of commercial U.S. aircraft operations.