Telecom Cybersecurity Transparency Act

The Telecom Cybersecurity Transparency Act would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publicly release, in full, the unclassified report titled “U.S. Telecommunications Insecurity 2022.” This report was prepared for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) under a contract through DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate. The release must occur within 30 days after enactment. The bill focuses on ensuring public access to a government-commissioned assessment of telecom cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and related findings that are not classified. In short, the act adds a mandatory transparency requirement: once enacted, the unclassified content of the 2022 telecom security report must be made publicly accessible, which could inform policymakers, industry players, researchers, and the public about the-state-of-telecom cybersecurity as analyzed by DHS/CISA.