News Airbus DS Communications solution becomes first IP-based 911 system to receive military’s JITC certification 8th December 2014 Airbus DS Communications announces that its VESTA 4 next-generation 911 system earned Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), making the solution the first IP-based E-911 system approved for use by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) at military installations, according to a company official.
News Internship program helps dealer prepare for personnel future 20th August 2014 Paul Lauttamus, president of Lauttamus Communications talks about changes in the company’s practices for hiring and training personnel in light of many members of the LMR technical staff approaching retirement age and a recent commitment to support broadband—as well as LMR—solutions.
ITEC: Walt Magnussen highlights potential synergies between next-gen 911 and public-safety LTE 11th July 2014 Walt Magnussen, director of the Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC), outlines the potential benefits of next-generation 911 and public-safety LTE working in concert, as well as some of the challenges to making the vision a reality.
News 911 cybersecurity: Whose job is it? 3rd July 2014 One of the most important things a public-safety answering point (PSAP) can do to ensure its own cybersecurity is understand its vulnerabilities and risk points, according to a speaker at last month’s National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference and exposition.
News Newscan: Antivirus pioneer Symantec says antivirus-software approach is ‘dead’ and ‘doomed to failure’ 6th May 2014 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Antivirus pioneer Symantec says antivirus-software approach is “dead” and “doomed to failure” AT&T will point its LTE network to the sky, launching in-flight Internet access in 2015
News FirstNet names Afrashteh as its first CTO 28th April 2014 FirstNet announces that Ali Afrashteh—a telecom veteran with three decades of wireless network experience—is the chief technology officer (CTO) for the organization.
Commentary Don’t be the next Target 21st January 2014 In the wake of the massive data breach at Target, government and private enterprises should take necessary steps to ensure the security of their own information.
Video TCS adds cybersecurity services for public safety 21st August 2013 Erik Wallace of TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) talks about a cybersecurity offering for the public-safety sector that has spun out of its work in the government and enterprise sectors, at the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Article Verizon: More than half of data breaches are from hackers 23rd April 2013 Verizon today issued its 2013 data-breach report, which is based on the analysis of 47,000 reported security incidents and 621 confirmed data breaches suffered last year. The report indicates that hackers are responsible for more than half of all data breaches.
Article Protecting NG-911 in five steps 8th November 2012 Implementing IP can be a scary proposition — here’s how to make it less so.
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