Newscan: FirstNet releases cybersecurity public notice, seeks comments by Oct. 16

Microsoft this week patched four vulnerabilities in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), a widely used but little-known software agent embedded in many commonly used Azure services. The Wiz Research Team discovered these flaws, which include remote code execution bug CVE-2021-38647 and privilege escalation vulnerabilities CVE-2021-38648, CVE-2021-38645, and CVE-2021-38649. Most large organizations using Azure are affected by the flaws, which the team […]

As cities and counties have steadfastly turned to managed service providers for enhanced improvements and security for their networks, a new type of cyberthreat has emerged to greatly undermine trust. The irony here is that many turned to managed service providers who promised greater cybersecurity and hardened system protections. Perhaps managed services sounded too good […]

  ESChat CEO Josh Lober discusses new interoperability capabilities with companies like Mindshare, InterTalk and Komutel, as well as the integration of ESChat’s push-to-talk platform on the Siyata SD7 handset—a device that requires only an Internet of Things (IoT) data plan—that will be available later this year. IWCE attendees can learn more about the ESChat […]

Legislation calling for $10 billion in federal funding to support deployment of next-generation 911 (NG911) has been approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, so the matter can be considered by the full U.S. House as part of the proposed $3.5 trillion budget-reconciliation package. House Commerce Committee members voted 31-25 along party lines—Democrats supported […]