Editor’s Note: Conflicting cybersecurity regulatory requirements waste the private sector’s resources while undermining critical infrastructure protections for the entire country. See Why OIRA Needs to Coordinate Federal Cyber Security Regulation.
From: Reuters
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On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission announced a joint effort to assure that businesses are safeguarding their customers’ data. The FCC sent a letter to mobile carriers, citing “a growing number of vulnerabilities … that threaten the security and integrity of a user’s device and all the personal, sensitive data on it,” and asking how carriers address those vulnerabilities.
The FTC simultaneously ordered eight manufacturers of mobile devices to respond to a detailed set of questions about how they update the devices’ security protections and keep customers informed of those updates.
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