IoT bill advances as Sen. Johnson cautions against government certification programs for private sector

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee today approved legislation that would mandate standards for federal agencies’ use of connected devices, while Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) firmly expressed his opposition to expanding government standards for the “Internet of Things” to the private sector.

“It obviously recognizes the Internet of Things produces a great deal of security risk,” Johnson told Inside Cybersecurity following the committee's unanimous approval of the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019 along with other...