NTIA Recommends Conditions on Intelsat Transfers
NTIA said FCC approval of Intelsat's license transfers as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization (see 2108270001) should include conditions on adoption of cybersecurity and system security plans that are guided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
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cybersecurity framework. In a docket 21-375 petition Wednesday on behalf of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector, NTIA said the proposed conditions on the transfer of Intelsat's authorizations come from a letter of agreement with Intelsat. DOJ, DOD and the Department of Homeland Security say conditions worked out with Intelsat include it not allowing disclosure or access to U.S domestic communications infrastructure records without prior consent. The letter said Intelsat consented to report within 48 hours any security incident. "This is a normal part of the FCC approval process," Intelsat emailed Thursday. "The conditions mentioned by the NTIA have already been agreed upon between Intelsat and Team Telecom [and] their sending it over to the FCC saying these are the conditions for approval and Intelsat and the government agencies have agreed, paves the way for the FCC to give its approval. We are expecting the FCC approval imminently." The agency didn't comment.