Auto sector could offer model for streamlining cybersecurity regulations

The automotive industry could serve as a model for regulatory streamlining on cybersecurity -- a key recommendation various groups have offered the Trump administration -- as policymakers have begun developing tangible policies to address self-driving vehicles.

Last week brought the release of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s second iteration of its autonomous vehicle policy, which urges automakers to adopt a common set of flexible industry standards on cybersecurity and addresses industry’s concern that a “patchwork” of state...