📋 Tender Overview
Sep 18, 2025 | , ,
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the bipartisan today to enhance the cyberattack readiness, response, and recovery of American agricultural infrastructure. The legislation would prioritize cybersecurity preparedness by establishing a network of five Regional Agriculture Cybersecurity Centers to strengthen national security measures and protect the United States food supply.
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BACKGROUND
The creates a national network of five Regional Agriculture Cybersecurity Centers, which will:
Build a Regional Research Collaboration Network: Allow for more efficient and consistent communication between each Cybersecurity Center and local agricultural industries.
Develop Technologies for the Agriculture Sector: Create testbeds to refine technologies and conduct attack and defense exercises to evaluate cybersecurity solutions for field deployment.
Create Education and Training Programs: Provide training for the workforce necessary to develop and install cyber defense mechanisms.
Prioritize Eliminating Threats from Foreign Adversaries: Ensure mitigation efforts are focused on eliminating threats from foreign countries of concern, like the Peoples Republic of China, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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