A new bill that would direct federal scientists to come up with a short list of cybersecurity best practices for consumers, businesses and federal agencies is sparking concern from some observers, who fret it will reinvent the wheel, create confusion, and fail to be effective because best practices are widely ignored. The bill, which has bicameral and bipartisan support, would mandate scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology to partner with the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Trade Commission in order to create concise, voluntary guidelines for basic online security measures, dubbed “cyber-hygiene.” Critics say they are already several existing lists of best practices, including the Top 20 and Top 5 Security Controls list maintained by the non-profit Center for Internet Security. “I am all for improving hygiene, but this bill will have no positive impact and because it will create another set of ‘best practices’ [and] it […]
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