Hard to believe but Congress just approved an IoT security law and it doesnt totally suck
Secure coding, identity management, patching, configuration controls, what madness is this? Every now and again the US Congress manages to do its job and yesterday was one of those days: the Senate passed a new IoT cybersecurity piece of legislation that the House also approved, and it will now move to the President’s desk.…
Date: 2020-11-18
URL: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/11/18/us_iot_security/
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