Newscan: DHS says ransomware hit U.S. gas-pipeline operator

The recent AT&T data breach highlighted a critical data vulnerability: Even data that appears anonymized can be exposed when combined with other datasets. This demonstrated the implications of a systemic challenge for telecom companies—that of managing vast amounts of data across fragmented systems while defending against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Telecoms is one of several […]

Some big 5G companies like Verizon, EchoStar and Ericsson want to increase the power of their transmissions in the 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band. They argue doing so will make the band more useful by extending the geographic range of CBRS signals. But higher power level limits could ruin the burgeoning cable and fixed wireless networks […]

Technology executives reassessed their IT operational resilience in the wake of a global wave of costly systems outages caused by a faulty CrowdStrike security update in July. Most were not happy with what they found, according to a survey of 1,000 senior cloud architects and engineering executives conducted by Cockroach Labs and Wakefield Research in August and […]

In the past, cities and counties were not a prime target for ransomware attacks, says Rahul Mahna, a partner who leads the Outsourced IT Services team at Eisner Advisory Group LLC. The company is a licensed independent CPA firm providing tax and business consulting services to their clients, which includes governments. Mahna has more than 20 years of experience […]