First on FOX: The bipartisan duo are looking to tag team cyber risks in American grocery and debut new laws to increase analysis and threat detection on critical farms and food infrastructure.
Tom Cotton sees, R-Ark. and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich. worked together to implement farm and food cybersecurity laws designed to enhance protection across the agriculture and food sectors.
“The American enemy is trying to get the best they can over us, including targeting important industries like agriculture,” Cotton told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“Congress must work with the Agriculture Department to identify and defeat these cybersecurity vulnerabilities,” he said. “This law ensures we are ready to protect the supply chains that our farmers and all Americans rely on.”
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The bipartisan tag team is leading measures to protect US food production from prolonging cyber threats amidst the global tensions. (Reuters)
“Food security is national security, and the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act is an important step towards protecting Michigan's agriculture and food sector,” Slotkin said in her own statement.
“Cyberattacks constantly threaten our food supply and must ensure that both the government and the private industry are prepared,” she added. “This bipartisan bill requires the Department of Agriculture to work closely with national security agencies to prevent enemies like China from threatening their ability to feed themselves.”
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Specifically, the measure requires secretaries of the Department of Agriculture, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services to coordinate with each other, and will prepare for cyber emergencies related to food infrastructure, through annual crisis simulations with the Director of National Intelligence.
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The new law prepares critical sectors for food infrastructure cyber emergencies. (istock)
The Agriculture Secretary will also be directed to conduct risk assessments every two years to determine vulnerabilities in the food and farm sectors and report the findings to Congress.
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Tagged cows grazing in pastures on a RAW farm in Fresno County, California. (Raw Farm)
Pete Ricketts, R-Neb. , Thom Tillis, R.N.C., Cynthia Lumis, R.Wyo. , Katie Britt, R-Ala. , and Ted Budd, RN.C. is the Bill Association. A companion bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Brad Finstad of R-Minn.
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The bill has already received support from several food industry groups, including the North American Millers Association, the National Beef Beef Association, the US Rice and the National Council of Farmers Cooperatives.
