US communications agency plans cybersecurity boost to protect Internet of Things
A US communications regulator aims to beef up cybersecurity for smart devices and make it more difficult for hackers to hit network-connected homes. The federal agency has a plan penned, but further steps are on hold due to the Trump transition.
The Federal Communications Commission has not officially shared measures it pland to take to protect Americans, but Chairman Tom Wheeler has outlined a program he thinks would “reduce the risk.”
Chairman Wheeler wrote a response to Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia), addressing concerns about efforts the federal government is making to stand up to cyber attacks. After a mass cyber-attack crippled a vast swath of the internet in October, Warner asked the FCC, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) about tools to fix “weak security.”
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