Convergence Task Force Report

Citation
National Security Telecommunications Advisory CommitteeConvergence Task Force Report (June 2001) (full-text).

Overview
The Task Force examined potential national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) implications of the evolving packet network infrastructure. The resulting information, provided in the Report, is designed to enable the President and NS/EP entities to make informed recommendations to address the ability of the evolving public network (PN) to reliably support NS/EP communications requirements. Specifically, the report addresses:

focused failures) and the associated implications the converged network.
 * Potential security vulnerabilities of converged networks including those of the control space
 * The realistic possibility of widespread outages of converged networks (resulting from
 * Ongoing standards development efforts in support of NS/EP priority requirements in