FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel shared a proposed action to help protect America’s communications networks against cyberattacks with her colleagues.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) released a guide to coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD). The Technical Report ETSI TR 103 838 will help companies and organizations of all sizes to implement a vulnerability disclosure process and fix vulnerability issues before they’re publicly disclosed.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel will serve as chair of the relaunched and revitalized Cybersecurity Forum for Independent and Executive Branch Regulators, a federal interagency group that shares information and expertise to enhance the cybersecurity of America’s critical infrastructure. Initially launched in 2014, the forum has been mostly inactive for the past several years.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the establishment of the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), as directed in Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The CSRB is an unprecedented public-private initiative that will bring together government and industry leaders to elevate our nation’s cybersecurity.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) released a supply chain security standard, SCS 9001, which was developed specifically for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. SCS 9001 is relevant for all ICT industry products, including software, hardware and the services that connect to networks.

Leonardo signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to design, implement, build, validate and operate, under the technical responsibility of the ESA Security Office, a new cybersecurity operations center (C-SOC).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the launch of Hack DHS, a bug bounty program to identify potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities within certain DHS systems and increase the department’s cybersecurity resilience.

Anterix announced the launch of the Anterix Security Collective, bringing together a team of 900 MHz private LTE cyber-physical solutions providers within the Anterix Active Ecosystem Program (AAEP).

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced two new security directives and additional guidance for voluntary measures to strengthen cybersecurity across the transportation sector in response to the ongoing cybersecurity threat to surface transportation systems and associated infrastructure. These actions are among several steps DHS is taking to increase the cybersecurity of U.S. critical infrastructure.

Today, smartphones and tablets are fundamental for citizens and hold a wide range of user data and apps. At the same time, security attacks have increased with malicious applications and network eavesdropping.