Trusty: US Must Work With Other Nations to Make Its Networks Secure
FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty elaborated on her vision for making U.S. networks more secure in an article published last week by the James Madison Institute’s Center for Technology and Innovation. The U.S. must engage with other nations to keep its own networks secure, she wrote. U.S. involvement in international telecommunications organizations like the ITU “must be revitalized,” she said. “U.S. representatives should be leading the conversation, shaping the standards, and setting the norms, not watching from the sidelines as adversaries fill the vacuum.”
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Trusty also emphasized the importance of protecting supply chains and infrastructure. Programs such as open radio access network development “are essential to ensure we’re not overly dependent on any one supplier or nation,” she said. “We need to prioritize transparency, interoperability, and security in every layer of our network supply chains.” From undersea cables to GPS, “the physical and digital arteries of our communications networks require more attention and more protection,” Trusty added.