Partner content Experts hope V2X connectivity will reduce cybersecurity risks for intelligent transportation 22nd September 2021 The future of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) depends on a number of factors, and one of the most vital ones is cybersecurity. Protecting the vehicles, the highways and the infrastructure that support them is now seen as one of the key elements to accelerating the technologies. One emerging technology that will inevitably have an […]
Partner content New emergency-communications system to integrate cross-jurisdictional data into one digital space 22nd September 2021 Over the last two decades, the emergency-management community has recognized that natural disasters and other emergency situations don’t always follow county lines or town borders. Interagency collaboration is vital—mutual-aid agreements expand the capacity of first responders, for example, and data-sharing solutions can give local telecommunicators regionwide data at the click of a mouse button. One […]
News Evergy becomes third utility to sign long-term spectrum lease with Anterix 21st September 2021 Evergy agreed to a long-term lease of 900 MHz spectrum licensed to Anterix, yesterday announcing a $30.2 million deal that will give the utility access to the broadband airwaves to support the deployment of a private LTE system that is expected to enable critical smart-grid applications. Under the agreement, Evergy will pay $30.2 million upfront […]
Partner content White House Cybersecurity Summit: A missed opportunity 20th September 2021 On Wednesday, Aug. 25, President Biden met with CEOs of some of the nation’s largest companies in various industries to discuss cybersecurity and key calls to action. These companies included Apple, Google, and JPMorgan Chase. Biden said in his remarks before the summit, “The reality is most of our critical infrastructure is owned and operated by […]
Partner content ISPs suffer losses and make plans in face of climate crisis 20th September 2021 Just as COVID-19 ushered in an acceptance that broadband is essential, the concurrent era of a worsening climate crisis is also making clear just how vulnerable that critical infrastructure is. From wildfires and extreme heat, to flash floods and hurricanes, the increasing effects of climate change are taking their toll on cables, fiber lines and […]
Partner content IoT cyberattacks escalate in 2021, according to Kaspersky 20th September 2021 IoT cyberattacks more than doubled year-on-year during the first half of 2021, according to anti-virus and computer security service provider Kaspersky. From January to June this year, some 1.51 billion breaches of Internet of Things (IoT) devices took place, Kaspersky reported, an increase from 639 million in 2020. Most attackers brokered access to IoT networks […]
News Mark43 partners with what3words, integrates unique location approach into CAD system 17th September 2021 Agencies using Mark43’s cloud-based computer-aided-dispatch (CAD) system will be able to leverage location information from what3words, a technology that uses three-word groupings to describe every 10-foot-by-10-foot square area on Earth. Matt Polega, Mark43’s co-founder and head of a communications and public policy, said that XY coordinates from satellite GPS technology is accurate in most outdoor […]
News Klobuchar, Cortez-Masto co-sponsor NG911 funding bill in the Senate 17th September 2021 Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have introduced a standalone Senate bill to provide federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) technology in 911 centers, supposedly at the same $10 billion level proposed in the massive $3.5 trillion spending package being proposed in the House. Introduced as S.2754, “a bill to provide […]
Audio Omdia: Paul Bremner discusses control-room/PSAP trends, new industry report 16th September 2021 Paul Bremner, Omdia’s lead analyst for the Command and Control Rooms Intelligence Service (providing market data and insights into the future of control rooms/PSAPs), talks about the technological evolution of control rooms/911 emergency communications centers (ECCs) and its impact on the market in this conversation with with IWCE’s Urgent Communications editor Donny Jackson. Bremner […]
Partner content OMIGOD: Azure users warned of critical OMI vulnerabilities 16th September 2021 Microsoft this week patched four vulnerabilities in Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), a widely used but little-known software agent embedded in many commonly used Azure services. The Wiz Research Team discovered these flaws, which include remote code execution bug CVE-2021-38647 and privilege escalation vulnerabilities CVE-2021-38648, CVE-2021-38645, and CVE-2021-38649. Most large organizations using Azure are affected by the flaws, which the team […]
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