Partner content Generative AI projects pose major cybersecurity risk to enterprises 29th June 2023 Organizations’ rush to embrace generative AI may be ignoring the significant security threats that large language model (LLM)-based technologies like ChatGPT pose, particularly in the open source development space and across the software supply chain, new research has found. A report by Rezilion released June 28 explored the current attitude of the open source landscape to LLMs, particularly in […]
Partner content T-Mobile: FCC is wasting jobs and money on 2.5 GHz license delay 28th June 2023 Americans stand to lose up to $42 billion and 17,000 job opportunities while the FCC sits on spectrum licenses that T-Mobile won in an auction last year, according to a new report prepared for T-Mobile. The report, written by The Brattle Group for T-Mobile, concludes that T-Mobile’s 2.5GHz spectrum “would generate approximately $42 billion in […]
Partner content Department of Commerce announces state allocations for $42.45B in broadband funding 28th June 2023 After months of negotiation, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration published its state allocations for $42.45 billion in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program funding. The funding will be distributed via grants to help states and territories build out high speed broadband networks. “What this announcement means for people across the […]
Partner content SolarWinds execs targeted by SEC; CEO vows to fight 28th June 2023 The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a notice to SolarWinds executives that it intends to bring enforcement actions against them for their role in the 2020 SolarWinds cyber incident. But neither SolarWinds as an organization nor its current or former employees seem prepared to go down without a fight. In response to a Wells […]
News FirstNet Authority releases technological Roadmap update 27th June 2023 FirstNet Authority officials yesterday released the 2023 update to the organization’s Roadmap, which highlighted technological innovations associated with the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) but repeatedly referenced first responders’ need for reliable communications that “simply work” in even difficult environments. Informed by public-safety input collected via multiple outreach avenues, the FirstNet Authority Roadmap (access the […]
Commentary Better technology can help solve the public-safety staffing crisis 26th June 2023 Every time I read about a public safety agency being short staffed, with a burnt-out workforce, draining their overtime budget, I feel their pain. From New York to New Mexico and in communities all across the nation, police and fire departments routinely are forced to mandate longer shifts, which takes an emotional toll and raises […]
Partner content Sen. Schumer’s ‘ambitious’ new approach to AI regulation 26th June 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is proposing a new way to regulate AI since it is “unlike anything Congress has dealt with before.” In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the New York senator said he will not take the typical approach of holding congressional hearings that feature opening statements and 5-minute […]
Partner content Microsoft Teams attack skips the phish to deliver malware directly 26th June 2023 A bug in the latest version of Microsoft Teams allows for external sources to send files to an organization’s employees even though the application typically blocks such activity, researchers have found. This give threat actors an alternative to complex and expensive phishing campaigns to deliver malware into target organizations — but Microsoft won’t be addressing it as a priority. […]
Partner content 5G may still affect airline travel this summer 26th June 2023 The wireless industry and the airline industry in the US have been engaged for years now in a careful game of brinkmanship over the rollout of 5G. And, according to the US Secretary of Transportation, the situation may end up affecting some airline traffic later this summer. “There’s a real risk of delays or cancellations,” […]
Partner content CJIS raises a high bar for cybersecurity in law enforcement 26th June 2023 There has never been a more important time for state agencies, police departments and other organizations that handle criminal justice data to be aligned and compliant in their cybersecurity policies and practices. At a time when the public sector is being increasingly targeted with cyberthreats like ransomware and phishing, local law enforcement agencies that administer […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024
