House and Senate members propose legislation for CISA to step up cyber defenses for biotech
Lawmakers proposed bills directing DHS and CISA to protect biotech infrastructure and biological data.
Bipartisan House and Senate sponsors introduced the Protecting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing as Critical Infrastructure Act and the Protecting Biological Data Act. The bills would direct DHS to plan protection for biotech and biomanufacturing within existing critical infrastructure sectors, not as a new sector, and require CISA to cover genomic and biometric data through strategy, exercises, and added personnel. Sponsors include Senators Todd Young and Maggie Hassan and Representatives Ro Khanna, Stephanie Bice, and Scott Peters. The article notes Boston Scientific and Amgen recently disclosed cyberattacks.
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