FCC senior national security counsel Adam Chan discusses how the commission uses its covered equipment list and explains a decision concerning devices containing components from listed companies. He describes category-based restrictions and a conditional approval process.
Adam Chan discusses cooperation with telecommunications carriers and other agencies, and the need to detect and patch vulnerabilities more quicklyPatch management is the organised process of identifying, evaluating, deploying and verifying software updates that fix defects or security weaknesses.. He describes AI as potentially useful to both attackers and defenders.
The discussion presents Adam Chan’s account of policy and anticipated risks at the time of the interview; it does not independently establish the security of particular devices or predict future attacks.
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