Security News > 2021 > April > FCC to Focus Efforts on 5G, Software and Cloud Service Vulnerabilities
Last Thursday, Rosenworcel made a statement on future priorities by reestablishing the Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council with a focus on 5g networks and software and cloud services vulnerabilities.
"That is why I am refocusing and revitalizing the FCC's Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council for the challenges of today and tomorrow. The damage from recent supply chain attacks, like the SolarWinds software breach, demonstrates our need for a coordinated, multifaceted, and strategic approach to protecting our networks from all threats."
CSRIC provides recommendations to the Commission on how to improve the security, reliability, and interoperability of the nation's communications systems.
5G is the next generation of mobile communications, and mobile phone companies began to deploy it in 2019.
There are huge concerns over the security of 5G. Politically, those concerns focused on Huawei and its 5G equipment - but the security issues are more systemic.
For the last 15 years he has specialized in information security; and has had many thousands of articles published in dozens of different magazines - from The Times and the Financial Times to current and long-gone computer magazines.