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Senator Proposes Cybersecurity Standards
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced the Internet and Cybersecurity Safety Standards Act, legislation that requires top government officials to determine whether it would be cost effective to mandate that Internet service providers and others develop and enforce cybersecurity safety standards. The bill also requires the secretary of homeland security, the attorney general, and the commerce secretary to determine what impact the standards would have on homeland security, the economy, innovation, individual freedoms, and privacy.
Before the standards are finalized, officials also must work together with several private-sector organizations, including companies that would be impacted by the standards and experts on technology. The bill gives officials one year to offer Congress recommendations on standards that would cover all Internet-connected devices.
"We live in a digital world and we need to arm ourselves with the right tools to prevent a digital 9/11 before it occurs," Cardin says. "Failure to take such steps to protect our nation's infrastructure and its key resources could wreak untold havoc for millions of Americans and businesses, as well as our national security."
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