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Auto regulator highlights cyber efforts, policy needs amid recall

By Joshua Higgins / July 28, 2015

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a new report on its efforts to improve cybersecurity on the nation's roads – while renewing a call for new statutory authority to fight hackers and issue regulations to deter cyber threats.

The report, released late last week, calls for stronger penalties for auto hackers, clarified authority for NHTSA to issue rules and guidelines for safe development of new systems, and an “imminent hazard authority” that would allow the agency to...


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