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FCC Warns of National Security Risks From IoT, Private Networks

Federal Times: The Federal Communications Commission has released a white paper on cybersecurity risk reduction that surveys the increasingly larger “exposed attack surface” created by connected consumer devices on privately owned and managed communications networks.

Issued by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, the report draws the conclusion that the country’s 30,000 private sector communications service providers and their vendor base operate under the pressure to prioritize profit over protective actions. The residual risk left from the market’s failure to supply and reinforce secure systems poses an increasing threat to emergency services and national security as more devices lead to co-mingled control elements for many service providers.

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