FCC E-Rate Comments

CrowdStrike submitted comments to the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau urging that the E-Rate program be expanded to fund next-generation firewalls and a broader set of cybersecurity tools and services (e.g., EDR, Zero Trust, identity protection, and managed services) to better protect K-12 schools; the filing recommends flexible, principle-based definitions and alignment with CISA and NIST guidance to enable effective, scalable security for school networks.