A bipartisan pair of senators is taking another shot at legislation that would require federal government contractors to follow National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines on vulnerability disclosure policies. The Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act from Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and James Lankford, R-Okla., advanced out of the chamber’s Homeland Security and Governmental…
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House passes bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies
A bill that would close a loophole in federal cybersecurity standards by requiring government contractors to abide by vulnerability disclosure policies moved one step closer to law Monday after sailing through the House. The passage of the Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act in the House came a month after Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and…