
The Senate committed to public-private coordination and long-term spectrum planning needed to address efforts to protect online devices, collectively known as the Internet of Things (IoT), with the passing of the Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act on Thursday. The DIGIT Act, which passed by unanimous vote, aims to assess the government's preparedness to ensure the cyber security of the growing number of interconnected devices, which could reach 50 billion by 2020. The bill now moves…