Partner content Schneider Electric investigating cyber intrusion after threat actor gains access to platform 6th November 2024 Schneider Electric on Monday said it is investigating a cyber incident following claims by a suspected threat actor that it had gained access to company data. The incident involved “unauthorized access to one of our internal project execution tracking platforms, which is hosted within an isolated environment,” according to a spokesperson for the French multinational company. […]
Partner content Can automatic updates for critical infrastructure be trusted? 5th November 2024 In July, the industry witnessed one of the largest technology outages in recent history, with estimates of $5.4 billion in damages. When CrowdStrike distributed a Rapid Response Content Channel Update with an exception-handling logic flaw, it opened the door for constructive conversations about automatic updates — when to use them, when not to use them, whether they […]
Partner content Xcel Energy unveils $45B capital plan as data-center pipeline nears 9 GW 4th November 2024 Xcel Energy plans to invest $45 billion in new generation, transmission and other projects over the next five years, President and CEO Bob Frenzel said Thursday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. The company has received 8,900 MW of requests from data center companies, but economic growth is driving just 22% of the total five-year spend, […]
Partner content To minimize AI’s cyber risks to energy infrastructure, start with the design phase 31st October 2024 A year ago, President Biden issued an executive order ambitiously aimed at “the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The order attempts to set in motion the government agencies that must grapple with the reality of an AI revolution already in progress. Across a broad set of industries, AI posed poses an open […]
Partner content Delta launches $500M lawsuit against CrowdStrike 31st October 2024 Delta Air Lines is suing CrowdStrike to recover the $500 million in revenue it lost due to the CrowdStrike outage earlier this year, which led to an assortment of issues and disrupted businesses, airlines, healthcare providers, and more. The cause of the infamous outage that occurred in July was a defective threat intelligence update for the […]
Partner content Is the public-safety department model the future of municipal emergency service? 31st October 2024 The undeniable fiscal constraints associated with local governance has challenged contemporary public administrators to achieve more with less. Budgets are stretched thin, and local government managers face increasingly complex service delivery demands from an electorate that loathes the idea of paying higher taxes. Traditionally solely a function of the police, contemporary public administrators are cognizant […]
Partner content Google to retire CBRS network-planning tool 31st October 2024 Roughly five years after introducing the service, Google said it will “deprecate” its 3.5GHz CBRS network planning tool by the end of this year. Google officials didn’t immediately respond to Light Reading’s questions about its decision. On its website, Google offers tips on how users can export their data from their Network Planner projects. “It’s really […]
Partner content Feds probe China-linked attacks on US telecom networks 28th October 2024 Federal authorities said they are investigating China-linked attacks on U.S. telecom networks in the wake of reports that hackers conducted a broad espionage campaign, targeting senior elected officials and candidates. “After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical […]
Partner content Cybersecurity isn’t easy when you’re trying to be green 28th October 2024 Renewable energy companies lag behind their more traditional peers when it comes to the cybersecurity readiness of their infrastructure, raising concerns that attackers targeting critical infrastructure could find easier prey among “green” energy firms. In a study of 250 energy companies worldwide, oil and natural-gas firms scored the highest — with the average company scoring […]
News AT&T CEO shares potential 4.9 GHz vision as FirstNet tops 6.4 million connections 25th October 2024 AT&T this week announced that FirstNet supports more than 6.4 million connections for more than 29,000 public-safety agencies, while CEO John Stankey applauded the recent FCC vote granting the FirstNet Authority control over usage of 4.9 GHz spectrum via a sharing agreement with a nationwide band manager. Stankey made the comments during AT&T quarterly conference […]
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