"Proposed Law Aims to Boost Food and Agriculture Industry's Cyber Posture"

The Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act would require the agriculture secretary to conduct a survey every two years on the state of cyber vulnerabilities and threats to the food and agriculture sectors, as well as collaborate with major intelligence community officials to perform exercises simulating industry-disrupting cyberattacks. According to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), cyberattacks on agriculture supply chains pose a significant threat to global food security because the sector's digitization enables hackers to disrupt farming equipment. Attacks on smart farming and precision agriculture devices have the potential to cause widespread hunger and economic damage at the local, regional, or national level, USAID emphasized. This article continues to discuss the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act.

NextGov reports "Proposed Law Aims to Boost Food and Agriculture Industry's Cyber Posture"

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