Newscan: Inside Alphabet’s money-spinning, terrorist-foiling, gigabit Wi-Fi kiosks

In the wake of a widespread cyberattack, enterprise IT providers can play a key role in how businesses learn about and mitigate the security threat. That role has evolved as attacks grow more complex – and it presents a tricky challenge when a provider must keep businesses informed of an attack that has infiltrated its […]

As the fallout from the SolarWinds hack broadens, we continue to learn more about just how it happened in the first place. There have now been four malware strains identified, one being Sunspot, which was installed on the SolarWinds build server that developers use to piece together software applications. When it comes to software supply chains, […]

The U.S. Senate’s version of the 2021 American Rescue Plan maintains the $350 billion in state and local aid that was in the House bill, including $60.1 billion in direct aid to counties. The U.S. Senate begin debating its version March 4. The House of Representatives passed its version of the $1.9 trillion bill Feb. […]

At least three new members are expected to be appointed to the FirstNet Authority board this year, when President Joe Biden’s administration theoretically could overhaul the governance body that oversees the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by contractor AT&T. Three Biden-administration representatives already fill three seats on the 15-member FirstNet Authority board, which […]