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Critical infrastructure : actions needed to better secure internet-connected devices : report to congressional committees /

Cyber threats to critical infrastructure IoT and OT represent a significant national security challenge. Recent incidents--such as the ransomware attacks targeting health care and essential services during the COVID- 19 pandemic--illustrate the cyber threats facing the nation's critical infrast...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. Government Accountability Office (Author)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2022.
Subjects:
Internet of things > Security measures > United States.
Cyberinfrastructure > Security measures > United States.
Computer security > United States.
Computer networks > Security measures > United States.
Computer networks > Security measures.
Computer security.
Cyberinfrastructure > Security measures.
United States.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo191630
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Summary:Cyber threats to critical infrastructure IoT and OT represent a significant national security challenge. Recent incidents--such as the ransomware attacks targeting health care and essential services during the COVID- 19 pandemic--illustrate the cyber threats facing the nation's critical infrastructure. This report (1) describes overall federal IoT and OT cybersecurity initiatives; (2) assesses actions of selected federal agencies with a lead sector responsibility for enhancing IoT and OT cybersecurity; and (3) identifies leading guidance for addressing IoT cybersecurity and determines the status of OMB's process for waiving cybersecurity requirements for IoT devices.
Item Description:"GAO-23-105327."
"December 2022."
In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Physical Description:1 online resource (iv, 72 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.