After years of warnings from security experts and researchers, the Internet of Things (IoT) remains fundamentally insecure. Now a group of senators has introduced bipartisan legislation to force vendors to ensure basic security within their IoT devices if they wish to sell into the government market. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), […]
Supporters of legislation that would dictate how and when companies have to notify customers of a data breach are seizing on the hack of 500 million Yahoo accounts to push their effort forward. “We haven’t hit that sweet spot quite yet, but we’re close. I’m hoping this revelation about Yahoo will provide the needed impetus […]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) introduced legislation this month to subsidize data breach insurance for businesses while encouraging practices that would keep them from ever having to use it. The Data Breach Insurance Act would offer a tax deduction of 15 percent of the cost of breach insurance. Perlmutter said he has received positive feedback for the […]
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