FCC Recharters CSRIC, Though Likely With Less Focus on Cybersecurity
The FCC is rechartering its Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council for a new two-year term, though with apparently less focus on cybersecurity than the CSRIC under former Chairman Tom Wheeler. The last CSRIC met the final time in March…
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(see 1703150058) and no top FCC official spoke. Early in his chairmanship, Ajit Pai rescinded two cybersecurity items issued under Wheeler -- a white paper on communications sector cybersecurity regulation and a notice of inquiry on cybersecurity for 5G devices (see 1702060059). Wheeler appointed David Simpson chief of the Public Safety Bureau in 2013 because of his cybersecurity expertise (see 1402190030), and Simpson spoke frequently at CSRIC meetings while he was at the FCC. “The issues to be considered may include, but are not limited to: (1) the reliability of communications systems and infrastructure; (2) 911, Enhanced 911 (E911), and Next Generation 911 (NG911); (3) emergency alerting; and (4) national security/emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications,” the FCC said in a public notice. Nominations for membership are due at the FCC no later than April 24, the PN said. The new CSRIC will start work early in the summer, the FCC said.