Incident Command/Situational Awareness

FirstNet Authority releases new details about impact of Nashville explosion on broadband system

Public-safety subscribers to FirstNet responding to the Dec. 25 massive explosion near the AT&T network hub in Nashville experienced a four-hour outage when some services were not rerouted prior to deployable cell sites becoming operational at the scene, according to a FirstNet Authority blog. Released Friday evening, the FirstNet Authority blog reiterated several facts previously […]

AT&T provides initial insights about FirstNet performance, recovery efforts after Nashville explosion

Some FirstNet subscribers experienced service outages after the massive Dec. 25 explosion at AT&T’s Nashville network hub, but backup battery power at the facility and the use of deployable cell sites meant that many FirstNet users were able to communicate “within hours,” according to AT&T. Although the Christmas-morning explosion caused significant damage to AT&T’s Nashville […]

NSA, CISA warn of attacks on federated authentication

While incident responders focus on attacks using SolarWinds Orion, government cyber defenders highlight other methods likely being used as well. An attacker-modified update to the SolarWinds Orion network management product that compromised thousands of companies and government agencies is likely not the only way Russian attackers infiltrated networks, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]
John Foley, Managing Director of Safer Buildings Coalition

SBC: John Foley details in-building organization’s ‘No Noise’ initiative

  John Foley, managing director at the Safer Buildings Coalition, discusses the the organization’s “No Noise” initiative that calls for the establishment of a task force to address measures designed to ensure that in-building systems support the wireless communications needs for first responders and the public without creating harmful interference. To read the 18-principles position […]
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