- The FCC is creating a security council
- This will focus on cyber development and defense
- A holistic cybersecurity approach is reaching the United States government.
The new president of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carr, has announced that he will establish a security council to protect against cyber attacks, with a specific approach to “persistent and constant threat of foreign adversaries, particularly the Chinese communist party”, The Financial Times information.
“These bad actors are always exploring ways to violate our networks, devices and technology ecosystem. It is more important than ever that the FCC remains vigilant and protects Americans and the US companies of these threats, “Carr warned.
Chinese threat actors have been pointing to US infrastructure, including the treasure of the United States, forcing the agency to declare an “major incident.” These attacks seek to interrupt an already turbulent political climate in the United States and weaken critical services.
Strategic competition
The Council will have a series of objectives, including the guarantee that the United States “wins strategic competence with China on critical technologies” such as AI, Satellites, 5G and quantum computing, as well as the mitigation of the vulnerabilities of the United States with the actors of state threats -nation and cyber spying, and the reduction of the dependence of the foreign supply chain.
Bringing the communications regulator to the FCC is part of the United States government effort to extract resources from a variety of different agencies to address the growing threat of adversary cybernetics.
It is said that the Chinese piracy group Salt Typhoon is part of the board approach to the beginning, and as the infamous group behind the treasure trick, as well as to attack universities and telecommunications networks (and more), this will not be a big surprise.
The recent and juxtaposed news that the US is seeking to stop cyber operations against Russia, despite CISA’s confirmation that the defense against all cyber threats, “even Russia” will continue as normal.
