Securing U.S. Networks

Americans’ phone calls, texts, and data travel across networks that are facing a sharp rise in cyberattacks. Recent reporting revealed that millions of attacks were launched against U.S. telecommunications providers in a single year. This double‑digit percentage spike cost billions of dollars in losses worldwide and put Americans’ privacy and security at risk. 

While artificial intelligence has unfortunately given our adversaries powerful new tools to launch mass cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, AI can, and should, also be used to harden and defend those same systems. That’s why I’m proud to lead the bipartisan, common-sense AI for Secure Networks Act to harness AI to strengthen real-time threat detection, boost resiliency and interoperability, and make our next‑generation networks more secure and efficient. The threat is real, and the United States must act now to secure our networks for the future. Read more about the legislation here.