Plan to participate in TIA’s annual strategic Conference, October 7-10, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Loading
TIA Cybersecurity Report: Excessive Regulation Could Harm Efforts to Protect Infrastructure
TIA CONTACT: EILEEN BRAMLET, TIA, +1.703.907.7749, ebramlet@tiaonline.org
PR CONTACT: ASHLEY ROOK, RATIONAL 360, +1.773.655.0171, AshleyRook@Rational360.com
TIA Cybersecurity Report: Excessive Regulation Could Harm Efforts to Protect Infrastructure
New Paper Offers Six Policy Recommendations to Fight Cyber Threats, Including Increased Investment and Public-Private Partnerships
ARLINGTON, VA (July 24, 2012) - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today released specific recommendations for achieving effective cybersecurity policy. In its new report, TIA urges Congress to avoid heavy-handed regulations and instead focus on greater information-sharing, critical infrastructure investments and voluntary public-private partnerships.
To access the full TIA report, “Securing the Network: Cybersecurity Recommendations for Critical Infrastructure and the Global Supply Chain,” click here.
“The rapidly evolving ICT industry is creating jobs and playing a vital role in economic growth in the U.S. and around the globe,” said TIA President Grant Seiffert. “It is essential that cybersecurity policy maintains the flexibility needed to foster growth and opportunity, while protecting critical systems. Our report outlines the dangers of burdensome regulation and offers specific recommendations for effectively securing cyberspace.”
In the report released today, TIA states, “Imposing rigid regulatory requirements – requirements that by their nature will be unable to keep up with rapidly evolving technologies and threats – would require industry to focus on obsolete security requirements rather than facing the actual threat at hand, effectively making systems less secure. Instead, the key to improving the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure is to strengthen the broader cyber ecosystem that enables rapid information sharing, enhances public private partnerships, and provides sufficient investment…”
TIA’s report offers six key recommendations for policymakers:
- Efforts to improve cybersecurity should leverage public-private partnerships as an effective tool for collaboration on addressing current and emerging threats.
- The U.S. government should enable and stimulate greater cyber threat information sharing between the public and private sector.
- Policymakers and regulators should address economic barriers for owners and operators of critical infrastructure to secure cyberspace.
- Congress should prioritize federal research funding for ICT and specifically cybersecurity research and development.
- A global industry necessarily requires a global approach to address cybersecurity concerns.
- A global supply chain can only be secured through industry-driven adoption of best practices and global standards.
About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents manufacturers and suppliers of global communications networks through standards development, policy and advocacy, business opportunities, market intelligence, and events and networking. TIA enhances the business environment for broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite and unified communications. Members' products and services empower communications in every industry and market, including healthcare, education, security, public safety, transportation, government, the military, the environment, and entertainment. Visit tiaonline.org for more details.
###
Facebook/Twitter Lists
Blog
Video
Facebook
Twitter
Aug 16, 5pm
We hope that China will use this break in the negotiations to reexamine its approach to the negotiations to expand the ITA and focus on reducing its overly large list of sensitive products. If China is ready to move forward to conclude the expansion of the ITA this year then the ITA Expansion is achievable this year.
Jul 15, 2pm
As part of a large U.S. industry delegation representing a broad array of ICT manufacturers, TIA is in Geneva, Switzerland this week to cheer on the trade negotiators who are working hard to conclude the negotiations to expand the product coverage of the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The ITA remains one of the most commercially important WTO trade agreements – by eliminating tariffs on a broad range of ICT products, the ITA lowers the cost and improves access to these products, which are vital to the economic competitiveness of all economies around the world.
Jun 4, 9am
The Telecommunications Industry Association was in Geneva last week along with AdvaMed, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Entertainment Software Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Liquid Crystal Polymer Coalition, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Semiconductor Industry Association. This coalition of high-tech companies represents a broad spectrum of manufacturers and service providers in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
Mar 26, 5pm
Last week was a busy one at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The signs are very encouraging that the member countries of the WTO are back on track to move the WTO’s trade liberalization agenda forward – from the new International Services Agreement (ISA) to the ongoing negotiations to expand the existing WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA).
