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U.S. agencies want to secure the Border Gateway Protocol, but experts question whether their approach could worsen security.
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Battle lines are drawn in Congress over legislation that would require companies to report some cyber incidents to the federal government, with industry groups lining up to support a House of Representatives bill poised to create fewer challenges for business leaders than a similar proposal in the Senate. The debate involves questions about how quickly companies would have to report attacks, what kinds of specific intrusions would trigger notification and whether failure to comply with the rules would lead to financial penalties. The idea of breach notification legislation gained momentum following last year’s discovery of the SolarWinds hack that compromised nine federal agencies and some 100 companies, as well as the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in May. At issue are such questions as whether companies have 24 or 72 hours to report an incident, along with who would be on the hook outside of critical infrastructure owners and operators, if […]
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After years of opposing measures that would make broadband availability maps better, a telecom trade group says it is “leading the charge” on creating a better map. Continue reading No One Trusts Big Telecom to Build a Better Broadband Access Map
In an effort protect the internet and its denizens from coordinated, automated cyberattacks, an industry group released an “International Anti-Botnet Guide” on Thursday. The guide offers best practices to collectively secure the digital ecosystem from botnets, the large networks of computer systems that malicious cyber actors use to automate and scale destructive online activity spreading malware like distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The guide was put together by the Council to Secure the Digital Economy (CSDE), a group of trade associations that represent the technology industry, including USTelecom, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) and Consumer Technology Association (CTA). At an event announcing the new guide in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, industry representatives touted the effort as a stepping stone for market self-regulation that will curb the cyber risks that organizations often face when acting alone. “The fact that our companies touch virtually every single country is proof-of-concept that we […]
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