Posted by: Bob Quinn on March 22, 2012 at 11:56 am
Today, the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) issued their recommendations to the FCC on several issues related to cybersecurity including: DNSSEC implementation practices for ISPs; secure Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) deployment; and botnet remediation. As we noted a few weeks ago, keeping the Internet safe for consumers to browse, transact business and communicate is an important objective not only for AT&T but any other business that operates online.
As the Chairman noted in his statement, finding solutions is going to take participation from more than just ISPs and needs to include entities from across the entire Internet ecosystem. For example, DNSSEC is predicated upon a chain of trust across the Internet. While the DNSSEC report recommends that ISPs make their DNS recursive nameservers DNSSEC-aware, it also recommends that key industry segments such as banking, healthcare and others sign their respective domains and that software developers, such as web-browser developers, study how and when to incorporate DNSSEC validation functions into their software. Also, the botnet report anticipates a significant role for other Internet ecosystem participants, including but not limited to security software vendors, operating system developers, end user-focused organizations and providers of Internet content, applications and services.
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Posted by: AT&T Blog Team on March 1, 2012 at 1:29 pm
The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations:
“We commend the Senators for introducing the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act, and for their leadership in addressing a critically important issue for the U.S. economy.
“Successfully combating cyber threats ensures businesses can operate on the Internet and consumers can do their business online safely and securely.
“Cybersecurity is a complex challenge, requiring a collective and collaborative effort from everyone in the Internet industry and government. As the legislative process moves forward, we will continue to work with the Congress and others to keep consumers and businesses safe from cyber threats.”
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Posted by: AT&T Blog Team on February 22, 2012 at 2:01 pm
The following statement may be attributed to Bob Quinn, Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory and Chief Privacy Officer:
“Keeping the Internet safe for consumers to browse, transact business and communicate is an important objective not only for AT&T but any other business that operates online.
“AT&T has a long history of working with the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies of federal and state government, and importantly other network providers to keep the Internet secure. We have also supported prior Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) recommendations designed to further Internet security, and we are actively participating in the current CSRIC working groups. Once the recommendations have been completely reviewed by the working groups and approved by the full CSRIC, we will evaluate those recommendations for implementation into our network.
“By FCC design, the CSRIC is narrowly focused on the role of ISPs and network companies. But, as with all issues concerning Internet security, a collective effort is required from a variety of stakeholders that includes not only ISPs and network providers, but also application developers, equipment providers, software companies and other businesses operating in the online community. We look forward to participating in a broader eco-system discussion, such as what has been proposed by the Commerce Department and NTIA.”
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