Two-part series examines how Biden administration can address cybersecurity threats, bridge broadband gap

During the Trump administration, the Federal Communications Commission did little to address cybersecurity efforts and rolled back such initiatives from the Obama administration. A two-part series the Brookings Institution examines how the Biden administration can "build back better" to address cybersecurity threats and bridge the rural-urban broadband gap.

Though the Biden administration faces many challenges, cybersecurity and broadband expansion should be high priorities, writes Tom Wheeler, a visiting fellow in governance studies at Brookings' Center for Technology Innovation.

In the first part of his package, Wheeler outlines how Trump's FCC "unbuilt" the agency's cybersecurity responsibilities and underlines why enhanced cybersecurity protections are critical. In the second part, Wheeler discusses broadband as a critical utility and what can be done to bring it to more rural Americans.