A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) working group, Cybersecurity Risk Management and Best Practices Working Group 4 (WG4), of the Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) advisory committee issued its Final Report on March 18, 2015.

The FCC renewed the charter of the CSRIC for the fourth time on March 19, 2013 for a period of two years. One of the duties of the CSRIC from this Charter was to “[d]evelop and recommend best practices and actions the FCC can take to improve the security of mobile devices and networks.” As part of discharging those duties, the CSRIC established working groups including WG4. CSRIC WG4 set out to “develop voluntary mechanisms to provide macro-level assurance to the FCC and the public that communications providers are taking the necessary corporate and operational measures to manage cybersecurity risks across the enterprise.”