House Oversight cyber leaders reintroduce vulnerability disclosure bill to establish requirements for contractors

House Oversight cyber subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) and ranking member Shontel Brown (D-OH) have reintroduced a bill to create vulnerability disclosure policy requirements for federal contractors through the government’s federal acquisition rules.

“Federal contractors handle some of the most sensitive information and critical infrastructure in the country,” Mace said in a Jan. 31 press release on the bill.

Mace said, “Without basic vulnerability disclosure policies, we are leaving a gaping hole in our cybersecurity defenses. This bipartisan bill...