FCC vote on cyber supply-chain risks opens way for proposed interagency reforms

The Federal Communications Commission's unanimous approval Tuesday of a proposal for mitigating supply-chain cybersecurity risks to broadband expansions renewed discussions of reforms for improving administration-wide coordination on telecommunications issues.

“Team Telecom will be charged with reviewing some of the questions and issues we teed up in today’s supply chain item,” FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly told Inside Cybersecurity in an email detailing the reforms following the commission's vote. “This makes Team Telecom reform logical and timely,” O'Rielly said about the proposed...