Partner content Insurers have little to fear with driverless technology 3rd February 2022 Dr. Christoph Lauterwasser, managing director, Allianz Center for Technology claims in a press release, The new rules of the road: Get ready for driverless driving’, that the automobile liability coverage is really ideally fitted to cover the situation with automation. He believes there should be no concerns regarding insurance coverage and that this is crucial […]
News Honeywell invests in RapidSOS, hopes to accelerate initial stage of response process 2nd February 2022 Honeywell announced a strategic investment in RapidSOS, as well as plans to accelerate response efforts by integrating Honeywell sensor technology—particularly in-building fire systems—into the RapidSOS platform that delivers critical data to most 911 centers. Sameer Agrawal, Honeywell’s general manager for software and services, said the RapidSOS agreement complements Honeywell’s purchase of US Digital Designs (USDD) […]
News Newscan: Joe Biden’s FCC nominee Gigi Sohn faces a key Senate vote 1st February 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Joe Biden’s FCC nominee Gigi Sohn faces a key Senate vote C-band 5G cleared for takeoff near more airports, but some regional jets may be grounded Gigi Sohn will recuse from retrains, broadcast copyright issues Apple AirTags and ‘high-tech stalking’ in New Jersey: What to know Chevron is […]
Partner content Crypto Agility: Solving for the inevitable 1st February 2022 Security today relies on cryptography, an information-protection technology that uses algorithms to transform messages into a form that is difficult for a third party to decipher. For decades, computers and networks have relied on cryptography to provide confidentiality and integrity, and for common tasks like authentication. Arguably, it has become the backbone of modern cybersecurity […]
Partner content Navigating Nobelium: Lessons from Cloud Hopper and NotPetya cyberthreats 31st January 2022 In December 2020, the threat of supply chain attacks started to seem real to a lot of people. That’s when FireEye/Mandiant dropped its bombshell report about a major “global intrusion campaign” delivered through Trojan-implanted updates of SolarWinds’ popular Orion software. About 18,000 SolarWinds customers downloaded the update, though the attackers then focused on a subset of high-value […]
Partner content BotenaGo source-code leak exposes more IoT devices 31st January 2022 The authors of the BotenaGo malware that left millions of IoT devices exposed back in November have published its source code on GitHub, making it easily accessible to any malicious hacker or malware developer. AT&T Alien Labs researchers made the discovery that they expect could spur new cybercriminal campaigns leaving more routers and IoT devices at risk. The […]
News Building smart cities and counties with the Infrastructure Act 31st January 2022 The “smart city” concept has been adopted by cities and counties globally. While the term is inexact, a typical vision is of an IT-enabled environment that efficiently and effectively delivers public services; enables informed, proactive decision-making by the leadership; and promotes sustainability through better resource utilization. To deliver on this vision, smart cities require a […]
News UK Home Office agrees to four-year Airwave extension worth $2.09 billion to Motorola Solutions 31st January 2022 Motorola Solutions will continue to provide mission-critical voice communications to public-safety services in the United Kingdom (UK) via the Airwave TETRA network through 2026, after the LMR vendor signed a four-year extension worth more than $2 billion with the UK Home Office. Terms of the extension were not surprising, as officials for both the Home […]
News Anterix, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories release fire-mitigation test results for utilities 29th January 2022 Anterix and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) announced that test results indicate that deploying low-latency private LTE networking in concert with existing utility technologies can eliminate the risk of a major cause of wildfires—live power lines as they fall to the ground. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has developed a falling conductor protection (FCP) application that is designed […]
News Newscan: FCC revokes the ability for China Unicom to operate in the U.S. 28th January 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FCC revokes the ability for China Unicom to operate in the U.S. 2021 was liftoff year for the MCX revolution Showdown over airlines and 5G part of a much bigger problem White House instructs fed agencies to beef up cybersecurity, adopt ‘zero trust’ After 20 years of civilian […]
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