Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “STB Information Security Improvement Act”.
STB Information Security Improvement Act
A BILL
To require the Surface Transportation Board to implement certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.
Sec. 2 Requirements
In general— The Surface Transportation Board (in this section referred to as the “STB”) shall develop a timeline and plan to implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation in Report No. FI2018002, including improvements—
to identify controls, including risk management, weakness remediation, and security authorization;
to protect controls, including configuration management, user identity and access management, and security training;
to detect controls, including continuous monitoring;
to respond controls, including incident handling and reporting;
to recover controls for contingency planning; and
to such other tools that would implement the recommendations in the report.
Implementation—
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the STB shall submit the plan and timeline developed under subsection (a) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
Report— The STB shall report annually to such Committees on the progress on implementation of the recommendations until the implementation is complete.
Plan implementation— The STB shall designate an individual to implement the plan developed under subsection (a).
Sec. 3 No additional funds authorized
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.