FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel appointed new members to the agency’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council. The recently reestablished CSRIC will focus primarily on improving 5G network security.
“The FCC’s CSRIC is one of the nation’s most impactful cybersecurity partnerships,” said FCC Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel. “But in recent years this public-private collaboration has faced criticism that its membership gave private companies an outsized voice.” Now, the Commission has taken “steps to right that ship,” she added.
In a first, according to Rosenworcel, CSRIC will be chaired by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).” CISA leads the coordinated national effort to enhance the security, resiliency, and reliability of our cybersecurity and communications infrastructure.” Earlier this year, CISA co-authored a report on potential threat vectors to 5G infrastructure, noted Inside Towers. Rosenworcel said: “This collaboration with CISA, and with the additional government partners on the Council, will help advance a whole-of-government approach to security and ensure that the relevant federal expertise is informing policymaking at the FCC.”
The new CSRIC Co-Chairs are Billy Bob Brown, Jr., Executive Assistant Director for Emergency Communications Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Nasrin Rezai, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Verizon Communications.
Telecom members include representatives of AT&T, Ericsson, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, Lumen, Mavenir, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, Rural Wireless Association, Telecommunications Industry Association, T-Mobile, Qualcomm, and the Wireless Broadband Alliance.
The eighth iteration of CSRIC will hold its first public meeting on September 22. CSRIC VIII will examine specific, complex technical issues assigned to it by the Acting Chairwoman.
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