News Newscan: Verizon counts 5.1 million first-responder subs; AT&T has 3.7 million 6th August 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Verizon counts 5.1 million first-responder subs; AT&T has 3.7 million DHS researches overcoming occlusions in video surveillance for public safety Less-serious 911 calls put on standby due to Durham EMS staffing shortages Russian hackers get the headlines. But China is the bigger threat to many U.S. enterprises. One […]
Partner content Taiwan crisis another blow to the supply chain 5th August 2022 It’s been a good news-bad news-slightly better news kind of week. The good news is the world just avoided a superpower conflict over Taiwan. The bad news is China is right now in the middle of a live-fire military exercise on all sides of the island that is impacting commercial flights, shipping and the global […]
Partner content Humanoid robot explores shipwrecks 4th August 2022 Stanford University researchers created a humanoid diving robot that can access deeply-sunk vessels and objects, and features a haptic feedback system that simulates the feeling of items encountered so operators can experience what the robot does. The robot, known as OceanOneK, also comes fitted with 3D vision and eight multidirectional thrusters to help it navigate […]
Partner content How IT teams can use ‘harm reduction’ for better cybersecurity outcomes 4th August 2022 It’s a well-known fact that humans are — and will continue to remain — one of the weakest links in any company’s cyber defenses. Security admins have tried to help the situation through random phishing tests and training, ultimatums, eliminating local control over a given device, and even naming and shaming those unlucky souls who […]
Partner content Increase in emergency-response time caused by insufficient staffing, traffic congestion 3rd August 2022 The pandemic has detrimentally impacted cities and counties in a lot of different ways, including an increase in emergency response time in some cities—a symptom of challenges like congested streets and staffing shortages. In New Orleans, for example, a report from AH Datalytics commissioned by the New Orleans City Council found it takes an average of 2½ […]
News Newscan: Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure quietly increase 2nd August 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure quietly increase No, 988 suicide-prevention lifeline can’t send your exact location to police Hackers drain nearly $200 million from crypto startup Nomad in ‘free-for-all’ attack State and local pensions post worst losses since Great Recession T-Mobile boosts its first-responder service; but why? Secret Service […]
Partner content Big questions remain around massive Shanghai police data breach 1st August 2022 Questions continue to swirl around a June 30 incident where an unknown individual put up for sale on a popular underground forum a staggering 23TB of personally identifiable information (PII), belonging to some 1 billion people in China. And, in the meantime, the database is continuing to cause ripples across the Dark Web. The dataset was […]
Partner content Cybercrime is on the rise, and water treatment plants are particularly vulnerable 1st August 2022 With most town water treatment plants serving less than 50,000 people, they’re facing a problem: budgetary constraints preventing administrators from investing in their digital defenses, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. “It’s definitely becoming a trend—possibly because ransomware has become a thing now where people can make money. Water plants do matter to the general […]
News Newscan: As officers leave in droves, New Orleans police’s response times soar to 2.5 hours 29th July 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations As officers leave in droves, New Orleans police’s response times soar to 2.5 hours Congress passes bill boosting U.S. semiconductor production New Orleans reinstates police use of facial recognition, reversing earlier ban ‘Living off the Cloud’: Hackers modernize an old-school tactic Lawmakers question DOJ’s national-security division on cybersecurity, […]
News House passes bill with $10 billion in NG911 funding, sends to Senate 29th July 2022 House members this week overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill calling for $10 billion to fund the transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology and the extension of the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration. After debating H.R. 7624—the “Spectrum Innovation Act”—on Tuesday afternoon, the House postponed its vote on […]
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024
FirstNet Authority reauthorization needed as public-safety-driven network evolution proceeds 16th March 2024
