NTIA Highlights Administration, Industry Efforts to Counter Botnet Attacks

The Commerce and Homeland Security departments have collaborated on more than 50 activities “led by industry and government” for countering botnet threats, NTIA reported Thursday. It said those efforts include the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s IoT device manufacturer guidance and NTIA’s draft guidance for software bill of materials (see 1902200061). The Council to Secure the Digital Economy’s anti-botnet guide was also highlighted (see 1908130047). “Stopping botnet threats is an ecosystem-wide challenge that will take significant cooperation over time to accomplish,” NTIA said.