SBA Cyber Awareness Act
- Last Action
- 5/18/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- 2021-05-18Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-18 (00)
SBA Cyber Awareness Act
This bill addresses the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Specifically, it requires the SBA to report annually to Congress on (1) an assessment of SBA's information technology (IT) and cybersecurity; (2) a strategy to increase such cybersecurity; (3) a detailed account of SBA's IT component or system manufactured by a company located in the People's Republic of China; and (4) any SBA cyber threat, breach, or cyber attack that occurred during two years before the report, including SBA's actions to respond to or remediate it.
Cosponsors (6)
- James Risch (R-ID)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
Subjects
- Asia
- China
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Government studies and investigations
- Public contracts and procurement
- Small Business Administration
- Small business
- Technology assessment
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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