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5 Questions About IoT Security Act With U.S. Senator Mark Warner

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would create minimum security standards for IoT devices that are deployed on government networks. Using a set of draft recommendations from NIST, the bill would introduce guidelines for best practices that could carry over to the commercial and consumer worlds as well, U.S. Senator Mark Warner told CRN by email.

The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019 — introduced by Warner (D-Va.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) — would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to issue recommendations that address secure development, identity management, patching, and configuration management for IoT devices.

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