S 1691
115th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Aug 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017
This bill requires Internet-connected devices purchased by federal agencies to meet specified security requirements, including requirements that the devices (1) do not contain known security vulnerabilities or defects; (2) rely on software or firmware components capable of accepting properly authenticated and trusted updates from the vendor; (3) rely only on non-deprecated industry-standard protocols and technologies for certain functions; and (4) do not include fixed or hard-coded credentials.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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