FCC chair departure leaves open the door for greater agency influence in cyber, 5G rollout
“Ajit Pai has admirably focused on the 5G rollout, securing telecommunications equipment through grants, and expanding broadband coverage. However, the billions invested and the strategies conceived pale in comparison to the scale of the problem,” said Tatyana Bolton, head of cybersecurity and emerging threats at the free-market think tank, the R Street Institute. Bolton has called for better metrics and increased focus on supply chain issues.
“This all reminds me of Chinese water torture,” she said. “We keep trying to improve cybersecurity drop by drop, and the effects are predictable.”
