Cybersecurity Standards Dodged by U.S. FCC Panel

The FCC panel failed to reach consensus on recommendations to telecommunications companies and Internet providers on how to bolster their computer systems against cyber attack. The commission has prepared a draft report, recommending a list of strict cybersecurity controls to US telecoms. The final report is scheduled to be released Monday evening.

The measures by the Federal Communications Commission panel range from recommending companies take inventories of acceptable devices and software to urging that they use automated tools to continually scan computers and networks for malicious software.

The United States Telecom Association, whose members include AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and CenturyLink Inc., along with other industry representatives blocked a full endorsement of the list, according to advisers on the FCC panel. In their final report, members of the advisory panel agreed that they lacked consensus on how to protect U.S. telecom networks.

Read more -here-

• Dropbox breach exposes customer credentials, authentication data
• Google: Passkey authentications top 1 billion across 400 million accounts
• FTC fines Razer for misrepresenting COVID masks as N95s
• FCC fines Verizon, AT&T other major carriers nearly $200 million for sharing customer data
• Federal regulators accuse Amazon executives of deleting messages
• FCC restores net neutrality rules