Title: Improving Telework Cybersecurity for Small Organizations Act
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Improving Telework Cybersecurity for Small Organizations Act
This bill requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take certain actions related to improving telework cybersecurity for small organizations.
Specifically, CISA must publish a resource on its website describing best practices a small organization may take to improve cybersecurity with respect to teleworking. The FTC must establish a program consistent with this resource to educate consumers and small organizations on improving the cybersecurity of technologies used for distance learning, telemedicine, and telework as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4920 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4920

 To improve the cybsersecurity of small organizations with respect to 
                  teleworking, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2020

 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the cybsersecurity of small organizations with respect to 
                  teleworking, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Telework Cybersecurity for 
Small Organizations Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL ORGANIZATION TELEWORK CYBERSECURITY.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Trade Commission.
            (2) Coronavirus public health emergency.--The term 
        ``coronavirus public health emergency'' means the public health 
        emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, as a result of 
        confirmed cases of COVID-19.
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
            (4) Small business.--The term ``small business'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``small business concern'' in section 3 
        of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) and any associated 
        regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the Small 
        Business Administration.
            (5) Small governmental jurisdiction.--The term ``small 
        governmental jurisdiction'' means governments of cities, 
        counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or 
        special districts, with a population of less than 50,000.
            (6) Small nonprofit.--The term ``small nonprofit'' means 
        any not-for-profit enterprise that is independently owned and 
        operated and is not dominant in its field.
            (7) Small organization.--The term ``small organization'' 
        means organizations unlikely to employ a specialist in 
        cybersecurity, including--
                    (A) a small business;
                    (B) a small nonprofit; and
                    (C) a small governmental jurisdiction.
    (b) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Telework 
Guidance for Small Organizations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the 
        Commission, shall publish a resource on the website of the 
        Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency describing 
        best practices a small organization may take to improve 
        cybersecurity with respect to teleworking.
            (2) Contents.--The resource required under paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    (A) include basic steps that have the most impact 
                in improving the security of teleworking for a small 
                organization;
                    (B) recommend, as practicable, configurations and 
                settings for commonly used software that can improve 
                the cybersecurity of small organizations with increased 
                teleworking; and
                    (C) be consistent with--
                            (i) relevant standards and guidelines 
                        published by the Director of the National 
                        Institute of Standards and Technology;
                            (ii) guidance from the Director entitled 
                        ``Telework Guidance and Resources'', issued on 
                        April 24, 2020, or any successor guidance; and
                            (iii) Alert (AA20-073A) regarding 
                        Enterprise VPN Security issued by the Director 
                        on March 13, 2020, or any successor guidance.
    (c) Federal Trade Commission Program To Assist Cybersecurity 
Efforts.--Not later than 30 days after the publishing of the resource 
required under subsection (b), the Commission, in coordination with the 
Director, shall establish a program--
            (1) to educate consumers and small organizations on 
        improving the cybersecurity of the technologies increasingly 
        used for distance learning, telemedicine, and telework as a 
        result of the coronavirus public health emergency; and
            (2) that shall be consistent with the resource required 
        under subsection (b).
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