{"id":125,"date":"2021-09-18T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T00:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyberimpact1\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T18:56:54","slug":"cyse-406","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/josiah-marshall\/cyse-406\/","title":{"rendered":"CYSE 406"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To<\/span>: Representative Tito Canduit, 26th District of Virginia<\/span>
From<\/span>: Josiah Marshall Marshall, Legislative Research Aide<\/span>
Date<\/span>: 11\/22\/2024<\/span>
Subject<\/span>: Cybersecurity Research Memo – IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020<\/span>
The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 is a federal law<\/span>
signed by President Donald J. Trump. This law was signed on December 4th of 2020. This law<\/span>
aims to help federal agencies improve their cybersecurity of internet connected devices. This law<\/span>
mandates that minimum security standards for IoT devices purchased by the federal government<\/span>
follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology. These standards focus on secure<\/span>
developments, identity management, configuration management, patching. Contractors<\/span>
supplying IoT devices to federal agencies must ensure their products meet NIST\u2019s guidelines.<\/span>
Regarding device assessment, assessments must be conducted to ensure compliance and address<\/span>
new cybersecurity risks. Lastly, federal agencies are required to establish processes for<\/span>
identifying and resolving vulnerabilities in IoT devices they use.<\/span>
The problem\u2019s that IoT devices such as sensors, smart cameras, and connected medical<\/span>
devices have been used more in recent years. In 2020 there were about 31 billion IoT devices<\/span>
worldwide. These devices often have no security features and this makes them easy to attack. A<\/span>
notable example of this is the 2016 Mirai botnet attack which harnessed unsecured IoT devices<\/span>
to create a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that disrupted major websites.<\/span>
This not only presents security risks, but risks to the federal government. As I stated earlier,<\/span>
healthcare, the Department of Defense and other big federal agencies use IoT devices. An attack<\/span>
on these systems could jeopardize national security. Because of this, growing threats are aiding<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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in different countries because they know IoT devices can be useful to take advantage of national<\/span>
security. However, this law responds to public concerns about cybersecurity and ransomware<\/span>
incidents. This law aims to set precedent for improving security standards across the private<\/span>
sector.<\/span>
The strength of this law is that it establishes at least the most minimal security measures<\/span>
and reduces risk of attackers exploiting poorly secured IoT devices in federal systems. It also<\/span>
promotes security design in these IoT devices being made and encourages better approaches in<\/span>
general. However, this law could improve by being IoT devices as a whole. This law only covers<\/span>
the IoT devices used by federal agencies which is a small portion of the IoT devices. This law<\/span>
needs to educate the public about why IoT devices need to be secure and have punishments if not<\/span>
properly secured.<\/span>
Some voter focused observations are the economic impact. The law would encourage<\/span>
better innovation by incentivizing companies to develop more secure products. This would be a<\/span>
plus for voters focused on economic growth and jobs in the technology industry. This would also<\/span>
set a benchmark for private companies and benefit consumers by raising the bar for IoT security.<\/span>
What I recommend for Representative Canduit to strengthen your position on<\/span>
cybersecurity is to consider supporting\/proposing laws that extend IoT security standards in<\/span>
businesses to help consumers. Also you should also suggest partnerships with governments and<\/span>
industry leaders to improve IoT security in general. The last thing that you should consider is<\/span>
pushing for laws to continue to advance technological advancements in general and funding<\/span>
security research to continue to watch for cybersecurity threats.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Sincerely,<\/span>
Josiah Marshall<\/span>
Sources:<\/span>
https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/house-bill\/1668<\/span>
https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/568801\/2020-outlook-for-cybersecurity-legislation.html<\/span>
https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/internet-things-iot<\/span><\/p>\n
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Cyber Law Below is a scenario of me being a legislative research aid. To: Representative Tito Canduit, 26th District of VirginiaFrom: Josiah Marshall Marshall, Legislative Research AideDate: 11\/22\/2024Subject: Cybersecurity Research Memo – IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 is a federal lawsigned by President Donald J…. <\/p>\n

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