Bipartisan Senate coalition renews push for national IoT strategy addressing security

A bipartisan effort to craft a national strategy for the Internet of Things that addresses security and privacy concerns has been revived on Capitol Hill with the reintroduction of legislation establishing a public-private working group to study challenges and develop recommendations for IoT adoption.

Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Developing and Growing the Internet of Things “DIGIT” Act on Jan. 10, after the full Senate declined to consider...