At Long Last, a Sensible Internet of Things Security Bill Has Been Introduced in the Senate; Slate, August 3, 3017

Josephine Wolff, Slate; At Long Last, a Sensible Internet of Things Security Bill Has Been Introduced in the Senate

"On Aug. 1, a group of senators introduced a bill, the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017, that could make some strides toward securing the ever-growing number of online devices that, generally, comprise the so-called “Internet of Things.”

The bill would require that any such devices sold to the U.S. government must be patchable (i.e., allow for security updates), not have any known security vulnerabilities, and permit users to change their default passwords. The bill leans heavily on the considerable technical expertise of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the nonregulatory government agency that develops standards for different technologies."