Cybersecurity experts: Major telecom providers are secure

The major telecom providers have done a good job securing their networks and don’t require further regulation by the government, experts testified. James Lewis, the director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said telecom companies have addressed cybersecurity on a level that other sectors have not. "The [telecom] sector is already heavily regulated and it is in the business interests of major telecommunication’s companies to provide reliable service," Lewis said during a hearing of the House Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on Communications and Technology. "Their business models makes them the only sector with the expertise and incentives to take cybersecurity seriously, but even then there are issues and problems were uncoordinated private action is inadequate and government intervention is needed," he added.