CYBERSECURITY: THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION MARCH 7, 2012 Serial No. 112–123 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 77–040 PDF WASHINGTON : 2013 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:18 Mar 15, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 F:\112-12~4\112-12~1 WAYNE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE FRED UPTON, Michigan Chairman JOE BARTON, Texas HENRY A. WAXMAN, California Chairman Emeritus Ranking Member CLIFF STEARNS, Florida JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky Chairman Emeritus JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York MARY BONO MACK, California FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey GREG WALDEN, Oregon BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois LEE TERRY, Nebraska ANNA G. ESHOO, California MIKE ROGERS, Michigan ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York SUE WILKINS MYRICK, North Carolina GENE GREEN, Texas Vice Chairman DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma LOIS CAPPS, California TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California JAY INSLEE, Washington CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin PHIL GINGREY, Georgia MIKE ROSS, Arkansas STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana JIM MATHESON, Utah ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington JOHN BARROW, Georgia GREGG HARPER, Mississippi DORIS O. MATSUI, California LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana KATHY CASTOR, Florida BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky PETE OLSON, Texas DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia CORY GARDNER, Colorado MIKE POMPEO, Kansas ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY GREG WALDEN, Oregon Chairman LEE TERRY, Nebraska ANNA G. ESHOO, California Vice Chairman Ranking Member CLIFF STEARNS, Florida EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania MARY BONO MACK, California DORIS O. MATSUI, California MIKE ROGERS, Michigan JOHN BARROW, Georgia MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey PHIL GINGREY, Georgia BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky HENRY A. WAXMAN, California (ex officio) ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois JOE BARTON, Texas FRED UPTON, Michigan (ex officio) (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:18 Mar 15, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 5904 F:\112-12~4\112-12~1 WAYNE CONTENTS Page Hon. Greg Walden, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon, opening statement ................................................................................................ 1 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 4 Hon. Marsha Blackburn, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee, opening statement ............................................................................ 6 Hon. Anna G. Eshoo, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, opening statement .................................................................................... 6 Hon. Doris O. Matsui, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, opening statement .................................................................................... 7 Hon. Lee Terry, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nebraska, opening statement ................................................................................................ 8 Hon. Cliff Stearns, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, opening statement ................................................................................................ 8 Hon. Henry A. Waxman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, opening statement ............................................................................. 9 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 11 WITNESSES Jason Livingood, Vice President, Internet Systems Engineering, Comcast Cor- poration ................................................................................................................. 13 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 15 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 102 Edward Amoroso, Chief Security Officer, AT&T Services, Inc. ........................... 34 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 36 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 106 David Mahon, Chief Security Officer, CenturyLink ............................................. 48 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 50 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 110 John Olsen, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, MetroPCS Communications, Inc. .......................................................................................... 56 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 58 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 114 Scott Totzke, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Security Group, Research in Motion ............................................................................................................... 67 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 69 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 118 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:18 Mar 15, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\112-12~4\112-12~1 WAYNE VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:18 Mar 15, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\112-12~4\112-12~1 WAYNE CYBERSECURITY: THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:04 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Greg Walden (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Members present: Representatives Walden, Terry, Stearns, Shimkus, Bono Mack, Rogers, Blackburn, Bilbray, Bass, Gingrey, Scalise, Latta, Guthrie, Kinzinger, Eshoo, Doyle, Matsui, Barrow, Christensen, DeGette, Dingell, and Waxman (ex officio). Staff present: Ray Baum, Senior Policy Advisor/Director of Coali- tions; Nicholas Degani, FCC Detailee; Neil Fried, Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology; Debbee Keller, Press Secretary; Katie Novaria, Legislative Clerk; Andrew Powaleny, Deputy Press Secretary; David Redl, Counsel, Communications and Technology; Roger Sherman, Democratic Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology; Jeff Cohen, FCC Detailee; Shawn Chang, Democratic Senior Counsel, Communications and Technology; Hadass Kogan, Democratic Legal Fellow; and Kara Van Stralen, Democratic Spe- cial Assistant. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. GREG WALDEN, A REPRESENT- ATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF OREGON Mr. WALDEN. We will call to order the Subcommittee on Commu- nications and Technology for a hearing on ‘‘Cybersecurity: The Piv- otal Role of Communications Networks.’’ I want to thank our wit- nesses for being here this morning. We look forward to your testi- mony and are very appreciative of your taking the time to be here to help educate us so we can do the right thing in terms of assist- ing you all, particularly the security networks or the cyber net- works. Back in October, the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force appointed by the Speaker recommended that the committees of ju- risdiction review cybersecurity issues. This subcommittee has em- barked on a series of hearings to heed that call and to get a com- plete picture of the cybersecurity challenges that our Nation faces. In our February 8 hearing, we examined threats to communica- tions networks and the concerns of the private sector security firms helping to secure those communications networks. That hearing (1) VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:18 Mar 15, 2013 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\112-12~4\112-12~1 WAYNE 2 provided us with valuable information and even some potential so- lutions. This hearing continues our subcommittee’s review of cybersecurity issues with a focus on the steps that network opera- tors have taken to secure their networks and any recommendations that you all might have on how Congress can help, actually help in those efforts. As we heard in the