Rosenworcel, Easterly put responsibility for securing routing protocol on internet service providers

Internet service providers have an important role to play in securing Border Gateway Protocol, according to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and CISA Director Jen Easterly, who highlight vulnerabilities in the internet’s “set of technical rules responsible for routing data efficiently” in a post that details what’s next following a half-day workshop.

“This week’s workshop offered an opportunity to build on the FCC’s work with ISPs over the past year to better understand the security vulnerabilities within the BGP system and...