Partner content Cybersecurity attack attempts more than doubled in 2023 30th January 2024 Cybersecurity attack attempts more than doubled in 2023, increasing by 104%, a new report by Armis has found. The paper looked into the cybersecurity landscape and identified areas businesses should look at to protect themselves from bad actors. Utilities and manufacturing were identified as the most at-risk industries, reporting a 200% and 165% increase in attack attempts […]
Partner content SolarWinds files motion to dismiss SEC lawsuit 30th January 2024 In a new filing with the US Southern District Court of New York, SolarWinds argued that the Securities and Exchange Commission was outside of its depth of expertise as well as its scope of authority in charging SolarWinds and its chief information security officer with mishandling the now-infamous, 2020, Russian-backed cyber espionage attack on its […]
Partner content As trucking electrifies, how we prepare the grid must evolve 30th January 2024 It took the diesel engine decades to become the standard in America’s trucking industry. The industry’s transition to electric motors is happening a lot faster than that. My organization tracks publicly available electric truck deployments and commitments, and 2023 was a big year. More than 10,000 electric trucks hit the road, and many, many more are […]
News FirstNet Authority approves investment to evolve FirstNet to full 5G capabilities 30th January 2024 FirstNet Authority board members today voted unanimously to fund the completion of the FirstNet system’s ability to deliver full 5G services to public-safety subscribers, although the exact amount of the investment and an implementation schedule were not shared immediately. “This investment will evolve FirstNet to full 5G capabilities and set us on a path to […]
Partner content CISA’s water-sector guide puts incident response front and center 26th January 2024 Water and wastewater utilities last week received new guidance for improving their response to cyberattacks from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), following a greater number of attacks by nation-state groups and cybercriminals targeting the underserved critical infrastructure. CISA’s 27-page guide offered a series of important takeaways for utilities in the water sector, including […]
Partner content Honeywell launches new control system to enhance building energy management 25th January 2024 Dive Brief: Honeywell launched Advance Control for Buildings, a building management system that can use a building’s existing wiring “to give building managers more control over the efficiency of their buildings, ultimately helping improve the occupant experience while advancing energy management goals,” it said in a press release Tuesday. The new BMS platform seeks to leverage […]
Audio NATE: Todd Schlekeway previews NATE Unite 2024 event 24th January 2024 NATE President and CEO Todd Schlekeway outlines some key aspects of NATE Unite 2024–the communications-infrastructure contractor association’s annual event–which will be conducted Feb. 19-22 in Memphis, Tenn. In addition to tower-related training and regulatory content, the NATE Unite 2024 lineup include conference sessions that address new areas of business for NATE members beyond the […]
News AST SpaceMobile gets big investments from AT&T, Vodafone and Google 24th January 2024 AST SpaceMobile has announced key strategic investments from AT&T, Vodafone and Google that helped the satellite-direct-to-phone broadband provider generate more than $300 million in capital needed to finance significant deployment of its planned low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. “Being able to announce investment by AT&T, Google and Vodafone is humbling and a true testament to the […]
Partner content Microsoft to overhaul internal security practices after Midnight Blizzard attack 23rd January 2024 Dive Brief: Microsoft plans to make significant changes to its internal security practices after disclosing a hack by the state-sponsored threat group Midnight Blizzard, which stole emails and other data from senior-level Microsoft executives and other employees, the company said Friday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The hackers compromised a legacy non-production […]
Partner content NATO issues quantum-technologies strategy 22nd January 2024 NATO has published a strategy to prepare member nations for the positive and negative outcomes of the revolutionary shift that advances in quantum technologies might bring. These include quantum computing, sensing, imaging, positioning, navigation and timing, communications, modeling and simulation. The document says that the advances will have far-reaching implications for economies, security and defense […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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