An upcoming meeting of presidential advisers promises an update on the importance of software-defined networking to national security and emergency preparedness as pressure builds for the administration to support coordinated investment in the technology.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is inviting public comment through Feb. 18 on the issue in advance of a Feb. 20 meeting of National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, according to a Federal Register notice.
Responding to a White House request, NSTAC published a September report of recommendations for advancing the resilience of the information and communications technology, or ICT, ecosystem.
The NSTAC, which is comprised of ICT industry leaders, highlighted software-defined networking as an opportunity to escape the clutches of Huawei and other suspect Chinese suppliers of radio access network equipment and recommended “creat[ing] the right conditions for strong domestic investment for manufacturers and innovators of” technology critical to national security and emergency preparedness.
The technical recommendations for securing the ICT ecosystem sprang from a Nov. 2018 NSTAC report outlining an ambitious cybersecurity “moonshot” initiative. The plan was to “Make the internet safe and secure for the functioning of Government and critical services for the American people by 2028,” by establishing a cybersecurity moonshot council in the White House, among other things. The head of the council would liaise with Congress to drive the epic levels of funding necessary to achieve the goals.
NSTAC put the need for investment and coordination in the context of the oodles of money China is spending on fifth-generation networking and other emerging te ..
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