(Writes by with Verizon and DOJ feedback)
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Verizon Enterprise Community Providers, a unit of the telecom large , agreed to pay $4.1 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it did not observe required cybersecurity requirements, the U.S. Justice Division stated.
The settlement resolves allegations {that a} Verizon service which gives federal companies with safe web connections and different exterior networks didn’t utterly fulfill three required cybersecurity controls in contracts from 2017 to 2021.
“When authorities contractors fail to observe required cybersecurity requirements, they could jeopardize the safety of delicate authorities data and data methods,” Deputy Assistant Lawyer Basic Michael Granston stated in an announcement.
Verizon stated that in 2020 it “proactively recognized and disclosed” to the Basic Providers Administration a possible situation with a managed safety service that it sells to some federal authorities companies. It added that at no time did the potential situation lead to a safety or knowledge breach.
The settlement didn’t make any dedication of legal responsibility.
The division gave Verizon and others credit score in settlements with authorities contractors that “disclose misconduct, cooperate with pending investigations and take remedial measures, all of that are critically vital to defending the nation in opposition to cyber threats.”
(Reporting by David Shepardson, Costas Pitas and Dan Whitcomb; Modifying by Edwina Gibbs)