To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate guidance to institutions of higher education and nonprofit research institutions to help mitigate cybersecurity risks to COVID-19 related research, and for other purposes.
NIST COVID-19 Cybersecurity Act
This bill instructs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to consider institutions of higher education when facilitating and supporting the development of a voluntary, consensus-based, industry-led set of standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes to cost-effectively reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
In using such authority, NIST shall 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 (coronavirus disease 2019).
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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