SECURE IT Act

This bill would require the Election Assistance Commission, within 180 days, to add penetration testing (simulated hacking attempts) to the process for testing and certifying voting system hardware and software. The National Institute of Standards and Technology would recommend testing labs for this work, and the Commission would vote on accrediting them. The bill would also create a 5-year voluntary pilot program in which election system vendors can let vetted cybersecurity researchers test their systems and report flaws. Researchers would keep flaws confidential for 180 days, vendors would send fixes for serious flaws to election officials, and researchers would receive legal protection for good-faith research under federal computer and copyright laws.

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Sponsors

• David G. Valadao Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors