Consumer tech group calls for tailoring Commerce Dept. connected vehicle proposal to avoid supply chain disruption

The Consumer Technology Association is urging the Commerce Department to use a "narrowly tailored" approach to oversee foreign transactions for companies who produce connected vehicles, in response to an advance notice of proposed rulemaking asking for feedback on efforts to secure the information and communications technology supply chain.

Cyber threats associated with connected vehicle technology “can be separated into three categories: (1) the national security risk that a foreign adversary would have access to or control over sensitive and personal...