Post Office invests in mobile tracking system

The National Security Agency (NSA) joined cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, and the United Kingdom to publish a guide outlining six principles that can be used to guide the creation and maintenance of a safe, security critical infrastructure operational technology (OT) environment. “Principles of Operational Technology Cyber Security” offers […]

Consider the technology that makes effective policing possible. Where would we be without the ability to conduct DNA testing—or even fingerprint suspects? How would police communicate and coordinate without computers? What about radios? This is technology that today’s law enforcement officers can take for granted, but it wasn’t always that way. The truth is the […]

Verizon yesterday evening announced that its wireless network was “fully restored” after many customers were without service for several hours, but the carrier has not provided any information about the cause of the disruption or its impact on the Verizon Frontline offering to first responders. Initial reports of the outage began yesterday morning, with more […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday said threat groups are still exploiting vulnerable devices in various industrial targets — including water utilities — that are practicing weak cyber hygiene. Exposed and vulnerable industrial control systems and operational technology environments can be hacked using unsophisticated methods, such as brute-force attacks and taking advantage of systems using default passwords, […]