Legislative Community Quotes

“Senator Markey’s Cyber Shield Act can work! Start the conversations with the basics: Use a QR code that attaches to a dynamic database that runs an artificial intelligence algorithm to calculate the score. Let’s not make this more difficult than it is.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Overall, Cyber Shield Act is an excellent idea and could facilitate a much-needed cultural shift in secure device manufacturing and upkeep."
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Most IoT devices that lack security by design simply pass the security responsibility to the consumer, thus, treating the customers as techno-crash test dummies.
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“The two main problems with signature and heuristic based anti-virus is the mutating hash and the fact that you first need a victim in order to obtain the signature."
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“If developed and implemented meaningfully, Cyber Shield Act could be a catalyst to incite responsible cybersecurity adoption and implementation throughout multiple manufacturing sectors."
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“The Cyber Shield Act could serve as a secure conduit to facilitate update and patch delivery"
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“Overall, Cyber Shield Act is an excellent idea and could facilitate a much-needed cultural shift in secure device manufacturing and upkeep.”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“The Cyber Shield Act could serve as a secure conduit to facilitate update and patch delivery”
― James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology