DOD, DOJ urge FCC to take action on internet routing system protocol security risks

By Sara Friedman / September 16, 2022 at 11:17 AM
The Defense and Justice departments are urging the Federal Communications Commission to move forward with work to secure the Border Gateway Protocol in a new filing, which explains associated national security risks and argues against using a voluntary approach to address vulnerabilities. “We believe that the FCC should comprehensively tackle these vulnerabilities with industry-wide solutions using a combination of technical security standards and transparency measures, rather than continuing to rely on the current case-by-case approach to addressing these vulnerabilities,” DOJ...

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