With every new report of hackers cracking through cybersecurity defenses come demands that government and industry do more to assure Americans that their data is safe. For the past eight years, the White House, Commerce Department, regulatory agencies and industry have worked closely to improve efforts to stay ahead of bad actors. USTelecom has been on the forefront of these conversations with its National Cybersecurity Policy Forum series. The series brings together top government and industry officials to discuss their key policy initiatives. This panel will discuss the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which provides a blueprint for best practices for the core critical infrastructure industries, including the communications sector. The experts will review progress on the Framework, feedback from corporations that have begun using the principles, the impact on their operations, and further plans by government agencies and regulators in the cyber risk management arena.