
The Department of Homeland Security has established a working group within its cyber operations directorate dedicated to managing risks stemming from the adoption of fifth-generation wireless technology, including those posed by telecommunications equipment supplied by Chinese manufacturers given their lack of independent from China’s national government, a department official said on Tuesday. The working group was set up within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and it combines experts in “emergency preparedness, communications, cyber security, supply chain risk management,…