Krebs: FCC Must Make ISPs Crack Down on Spammers and Malware

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via CSO Online.

[snip]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for help in
developing a "Cybersecurity Roadmap," an ambitious plan to identify
dangerous vulnerabilities in the Internet infrastructure, as well as
threats to consumers, businesses and governments.

The one piece of advice I will offer the commission is to begin measuring
the responsiveness of Internet service providers (ISPs) and hosting
companies in quashing malicious threats that take up residence on their
networks. This is an imperative first step to prevent attacks on the
Internet infrastructure, in addition to making the Internet a friendlier
place for users.

The FCC said that it is seeking comments on how to proceed with the
roadmap, which is part of the commission's National Broadband Plan to roll
high-speed Internet services to more Americans.

The commission made the request at almost the same time as the Pew Research
Center's Internet & American Life Project issued its finding that more than
half of Americans disagree with federal efforts to expand broadband
deployment, an effort for which the Obama administration has allocated more
than $7 billion. The Pew report came as the FCC was releasing data showing
that most Americans who are paying for high-speed access aren't getting
anywhere near the Internet speeds they've been promised.

[snip]

Hear, hear.

More:
http://www.csoonline.com/article/608663/krebs-fcc-must-make-isps-crack-down
- -on-spammers-and-malware

- - ferg

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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