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COVID-19

House Republicans Introduce Bill To Help Protect COVID-19 Research From Cyber Espionage

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

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House Republicans Introduce Bill To Help Protect COVID-19 Research From Cyber Espionage

Two House Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to help U.S. universities and non-profit research entities involved in research related to COVID-19 protect themselves from cyber security risks. Under the NIST COVID-19 Cybersecurity Act, the director of NIST would “disseminate and make publicly available resources to help research institutions and institutions of higher education identify, assess, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risk related to conducting research with respect to COVID-19.”…

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