
Broadband plan gives FCC wider cybersecurity role The National Broadband Plan released by the Federal Communications Commission this week contains several recommendations that are designed to boost the preparedness of communications networks to deal with cyberthreats. <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9172258/> EFF: FTC to Internet Companies: Start Using SSL <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03/ftc-internet-companies-start-using-ssl> (might be good policy for CCK to look at?) U.S. Rockefeller and Snowe Unveil Comprehensive Cybersecurity Legislation, Senate Commerce Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) , a senior member of the Committee, today released the latest draft of comprehensive, bipartisan cybersecurity legislation to address our nation¹s vulnerability to cyber crime, global cyber espionage, and cyber attacks. <http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=fc96f55d-79be-4627-8131-ce8906485352>