DA 20-77
January 15, 2020
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES UPDATES
TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY, RELIABILITY, AND
INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL BEST PRACTICES DATABASE
By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) announces that
the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Communications Security, Reliability, and
Interoperability Council (CSRIC) Best Practices database has been updated. At its December 10, 2019,
quarterly meeting, CSRIC VII unanimously approved an update to the database that includes best
practices from CSRIC VI (addressing communications network security, emergency preparedness, and
disaster recovery) and retires best practices that have become obsolete.
CSRIC’s mission is to provide recommendations to the FCC regarding ways the FCC can strive
for security, reliability, and interoperability of communications systems. These recommendations
routinely include best practices for industry and public safety organizations. The FCC maintains a
searchable database of these best practices on its website. When CSRIC recommends new best practices,
the FCC updates the database accordingly, including the retiring of any older best practices that have been
superseded.