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Homeland Security

Republican Senators Ask TSA To Reconsider New Cybersecurity Directives

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 20th, 2021

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Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senate photo

Some Republican senators on the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee have asked the Transportation Security Administration to reconsider its plans to issue mandatory cybersecurity requirements for the rail, rail transit and aviation industries without first discussing these directives with the entities and in the absence of an immediate threat. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas earlier this month said that TSA would be issuing another cybersecurity directive that would require railroad and rail transit entities to report cyber incidents to the…

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