Partner content Security Operations Center (SOC) teams: Threat-detection tools are stifling us 14th October 2024 Security operations center (SOC) practitioners are struggling, thanks to an overwhelming volume of false alarms from their security tools. A Vectra survey of hundreds of cybersecurity professionals revealed a serious gripe that SOC teams have with their software vendors. The overwhelming volume of false positives their tools yield is causing burnout, they say, and allowing real threats […]
Partner content American Water Works reconnecting systems a week after cyberattack 14th October 2024 American Water Works said it is in the process of securely reconnecting its systems following a cyberattack discovered on Oct. 3, according to a Thursday regulatory filing. The largest regulated water utility in the U.S. said there is no evidence the incident impacted its water or wastewater facilities. American Water Works serves more than 14 million […]
Partner content Hurricane Milton slams Florida, leaving 3.4M utility customers without power 10th October 2024 About 3.4 million electric customers were without power in Florida on Thursday morning after Hurricane Milton hit the state’s western shore on its way toward the Atlantic Ocean, according to PowerOutage.us. Milton, a Category 5 hurricane that slowed to a Category 3 by the time it made landfall, comes about two weeks after Hurricane Helene caused nearly […]
Partner content Iridium takes a standards-based swing at D2D 9th October 2024 Don’t call it a comeback. Satellite service provider Iridium Communications has been here before. “We want to be the glue for the D2D network around the world,” Brian Aziz, Iridium’s VP of global sales, told Light Reading at MWC Las Vegas. “You can have multiple options, but you’ll always have our reliability component,” added Tim […]
Partner content American Water suffers network disruptions after cyberattack 9th October 2024 The website of the largest publicly traded water utility in the US remained offline this morning after a cyberattack Oct. 3 forced the company to shut down some of its connected systems and services. American Water is a significant supplier of water in the US, serving more than 14 million customers across 14 states and […]
News Anterix announces that Scott Lang soon will be company’s president and CEO 9th October 2024 Anterix today announced that Scott Lang will be the company’s new president and CEO by Nov. 1, replacing Rob Schwartz, who will serve in an advisory role to the Anterix board of directors “to assist in a successful leadership transition,” according to a press release from the company. Prior to today’s announcement, Lang was nominated […]
Partner content Australian government taps postal vans to track remote network coverage 7th October 2024 The Australian government has tapped the nation’s postal vehicle fleet to audit mobile network coverage across the country’s remote interior. Postal vans will carry network measurement devices to track coverage across 180,000 km of regional and rural roads, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has announced. A pilot phase is now underway, with the main audit to start later this […]
Partner content Modernizing municipal IT infrastructure: A vital defense against cyber threats 7th October 2024 This summer, Flint, Mich., became the latest in a growing list of U.S. municipalities to fall victim to a ransomware attack. This incident, which took city services offline for weeks, is a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities many local governments face in an increasingly hostile cyber landscape. The attack on Flint underscores the urgent need […]
Partner content Two-thirds of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware in past year: survey 6th October 2024 Recovery from ransomware attacks is taking longer — sometimes more than a month — as attacks increase against the healthcare industry, according to a survey published last week by cybersecurity firm Sophos. About two-thirds of respondents said they were hit by a ransomware attack in the past year, up from 60% the year prior. Just 34% said they were hit by a […]
News Somewear Labs supports data integration with 3AM Innovations’ FLORIAN platform 4th October 2024 Somewear Labs recently announced a collaboration with 3AM Innovations, integrating data from Somewear Labs’ network-flexible hardware to be shown on 3AM’s FLORIAN platform that provide a common operating picture (COP) to responders, particularly wildland firefighters. Somewear Labs CEO and co-founder James Kubik said officials from his company decided ensuring integration between Somewear Labs software and […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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