I haven’t been paying attention today (as I do have a day job) but the Cybersecurity program apparently did pass the House today, despite the best efforts of House Appropriations:
The investment to expand @DakotaState‘s cyberresearch program passed the House and is on its way to my desk! This project will help bring the next big industry to our state.
Now more than ever, South Dakota needs to lead the way in advancing our nation’s cybersecurity. pic.twitter.com/ZAFZbB7CNv
— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) March 7, 2022
Link to how representatives voted, please?
John Dale it is more instructive to know WHY some legislators voted as they did.
There was an argument to be made as to how this only applies to agriculture when all industries are having trouble with their systems being hacked.
Health care, energy and financial institutions are also coping with these security breaches, but are not included.
It was promoted as a way of making our food supply safe and keeping autonomous equipment from going crazy. The argument that nobody was opposed to the funding ignores the issue that not a lot of people were particularly in favor of it either. Not many of us were worried about a runaway combine coming through our homes. Until now.
going to make autonomous farm equipment hack-proof so the Terminator movies don’t become reality?
If you have ever been awakened in the middle of the night because a Roomba has run amuck, the idea of autonomous combines running loose is the stuff of nightmares.
Those machines are going to kill us, you know