Telecom sector launches its own private ISAC

Major U.S. telecommunications companies launched a new information sharing group on Tuesday in a bid to redouble their collective efforts to combat AI-powered cyberattacks, state-sponsored espionage and other increasing threats to communications networks.

The Communications Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or C2 ISAC, will give telecoms a private venue for exchanging sensitive information such as newly discovered vulnerabilities and tips about threat actor behavior. The eight founding members are AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Lumen, T-Mobile, Verizon and Zayo. Their chief information security officers will sit on the C2 ISAC’s board, while Valerie Moon, a former top official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI’s Cyber Division, will serve as the group’s executive director.

The group’s formation comes as major cyberattacks like China’s Salt Typhoon espionage operation highlight the growing risks facing the U.S. telecom sector — and as the Trump administration’s pullback from key cybersecurity partnerships forces the private sector to take a leading role.

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