Partner content How to ensure interoperability in public safety 1st September 2021 Interoperability—the capacity of distinct and unique systems to communicate with one another effectively—has always been a challenge in public safety. Fire, police, 911, EMS, schools and private organizations often face challenges to share data and communicate effectively across organizational boundaries. In many cases, important information fails to reach all stakeholders involved in emergency response, increasing […]
Partner content Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB incident underscores the need to closely watch cloud data 1st September 2021 Companies whose data had been accessed by researchers in the process of discovering a significant vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB service should rotate their keys immediately, and all users of the database service should institute role-based access controls. That’s among the recommendations Microsoft included in a blog post published last week after being notified by cloud security […]
Partner content Where CISA’s ransomware tool falls short and what to do about it 31st August 2021 US technology is under attack. Nearly every category of cybersecurity has been breached in every corner of our economy and way of life, and according to a survey by Sophos, the average cost to mitigate an attack in 2020 was $1.85 million. Increasing numbers of cybersecurity professionals believe the federal government and local law enforcement have […]
Partner content T-Mobile’s CEO offers mea culpa 31st August 2021 T-Mobile’s CEO, Mike Sievert, penned an apology to customers over the operator’s recent hack. “Attacks like this are on the rise and bad actors work day-in and day-out to find new avenues to attack our systems and exploit them,” Sievert wrote on the company’s website. “We spend lots of time and effort to try to stay a […]
News Newscan: 911 calls after Ida went unanswered due to ‘antiquated’ technology 31st August 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations 911 calls after Hurricane Ida went unanswered due to ‘antiquated’ technology Axon acquires My90 to connect cops with community feedback Startup reveals autonomous drones for first responders T-Mobile hacker who stole data on 50 million customers: ‘Their security is awful’ Indiana corrections uses software to reduce prison assaults […]
Partner content Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability exposed thousands of databases 29th August 2021 Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform exposed the database keys of 3,300 customers, including Fortune 500 enterprises, that had used a data-science feature available on the platform since 2019, cloud security firm Wiz said this week. The company discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Microsoft’s implementation of Jupyter Notebooks, a popular interactive Web application for data science. This […]
Partner content Blockchain primed for AI data sharing in predictive maintenance 27th August 2021 Predictive maintenance customers of industrial equipment producer Robert Bosch will soon be able to leverage blockchain to exchange data with peers without triggering privacy controls. Blockchain relies on decentralized nodes to scatter blocks of decrypted information across multiple computers on a network, which together form a single authentic record that can’t be altered. The latest […]
Partner content Lockheed Martin: 5G from space is ‘ultimate high ground’ for US military 26th August 2021 Lockheed Martin, the US military’s biggest contractor, announced a new satellite dish the company said could be used for a 5G network that may eventually help to sync up every weapon under the Pentagon’s control. To be clear, Lockheed Martin’s latest announcement represents one minor step toward a goal that military planners have set for […]
Partner content South Dakota upgrades statewide 911 system to next-generation platform 25th August 2021 With the emergence of technologies like GPS and digital video livestreaming, 911 emergency dispatchers have more tools at their fingertips than ever before—contingent, that is, on whether or not the region’s digital infrastructure can handle it. Modernizing America’s 911 service has been an ongoing project for the better part of two decades. South Dakota is […]
Partner content Attackers increasingly target Linux in the cloud 24th August 2021 Linux has been the favored operating system of system administrators and hackers, but now the operating system has become a significant target of cybercriminals as well, with malware — such as Web shells and coin miners — running from Linux containers and about 200 different Linux vulnerabilities targeted in attacks. That data, from security firm Trend […]
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