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NTCA Hopeful Circulating FCC Statement on CSRIC Cybersecurity Report Encourages 'Voluntary Collaboration'

NTCA “hopes” the forthcoming FCC policy statement that would adopt the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council’s (CSRIC) 2015 report on recommendations for communications sector cybersecurity risk management “will capture and sustain this need for flexible voluntary collaboration among stakeholders…

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with shared goals,” Senior Vice President-Policy Michael Romano said in a statement Tuesday. The FCC said Friday that it's circulating the policy statement, which would adopt the nine recommendations CSRIC made in its report on how the agency should encourage communications sector use of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Cybersecurity Framework and other cybersecurity best practices (see 1602220052). NTCA hopes that “all parties will continue to focus in particular on the substantial need for upfront education so that small businesses can be better equipped to identify and respond to cybersecurity challenges,” Romano said.