USTelecom pushes back against cyber scoring for internet service providers

Internet service providers should be exempted from cybersecurity scoring efforts that compare companies across critical infrastructure sectors, according to USTelecom, which argues that the communications sector is different because of the data that it holds from customers and how it is used.

“Several cybersecurity scoring companies provide a service that rates the cybersecurity posture of corporate entities. Their output, a cybersecurity score, is like a credit score and can be used to evaluate potential risks. A company’s score can be...