Partner content Breaking down the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act 12th May 2022 The Cyber Incident Reporting Act, which was signed into law on March 15, is federal legislation aimed at bolstering the ability to prevent and more rapidly respond to cybersecurity attacks. While it won’t take effect until final rules are determined, it’s one of three parts of the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act that is aimed at bolstering the cybersecurity […]
Partner content Hyundai’s robotaxi coming to America in 2023 12th May 2022 Hyundai’s self-driving Ioniq 5 robotaxi will be rolled out on American roads as early as next year. The announcement marked the start of a new global marketing campaign to highlight the South Korean automaker’s vision of the future confirmed. “Hyundai and Motional plan to begin transporting public passengers in the Ioniq 5 robotaxi in 2023, […]
News AT&T teams with Intrado to provide location-based routing of 911 calls 11th May 2022 Wireless emergency calls from AT&T customers will be routed to 911 centers based the caller’s location—not the location of the cell tower used to make the call—throughout the nation by the end of June, AT&T announced yesterday. AT&T claims it is the first carrier to launch location-based routing, thanks to a new “Locate Before Route” […]
News Newscan: New National 911 Program coordinator named 10th May 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations NHTSA’s Office of Emergency Medical Services has a new National 911 Program coordinator DoT proposes almost $1 million fine for Colonial Pipeline one year after hack NIST, Commerce launch emergency-response training center with virtual reality Nokia launches ‘groundbreaking’ 5G cybersecurity lab in Dallas Colorado Springs Utilities says leasing […]
Partner content Bad weather still the main issue for driverless-tech sensors? 9th May 2022 Sensing technology is the powerful tool that gives vision to next-generation automobiles. Equipped with a device array anchored by LiDAR and video cameras, the average advanced vehicle of today “sees” and “feels” the road and surrounding topography more clearly than its predecessors ever could. However, there is one major problem with these devices – like […]
Partner content What we’ve learned in the 12 months since the Colonial Pipeline attack 9th May 2022 Cybersecurity experts have warned about vulnerabilities within the critical infrastructure for years. It came to fruition in May 2021, when Colonial Pipeline was hit with a ransomware attack. The response, of course, was the company temporarily shut down oil and gasoline delivery, which resulted in major panic and shortages all over the East Coast. “The Colonial […]
Partner content Startup lands $4 billion LiDAR deal with top automaker 9th May 2022 Israeli start-up Innoviz Technologies has landed a deal worth $4 billion to supply Lidar to one of the world’s leading automakers. Innoviz has not yet named the company in question, saying it will “elaborate further” on its quarterly earnings call scheduled for May 11. The company did confirm that the deal followed more than two […]
Partner content Verizon buries Skyward, its drone company 9th May 2022 Verizon is shutting down Skyward, the drone startup it purchased in 2017. According to her LinkedIn profile, Skyward President Mariah Scott moved into Verizon’s new Robotics Business Technology division, which will focus on robots on the ground. It’s not clear how many total employees were affected by the shutdown. “Skyward, a Verizon company, announced that it was exiting its […]
Commentary LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command 6th May 2022 The grief following a firefighter line-of-duty death (LODD) is beyond words. Fellow firefighters are devastated. Families are shattered. In the aftermath, questions arise about the circumstances: Was the loss preventable? What was the chain of actions leading to the catastrophe? Central to these questions is the role of incident command (IC), the command’s situational awareness, […]
Partner content China-backed Winnti APT siphons reams of U.S. trade secrets in sprawling cyber-espionage attack 6th May 2022 China’s Winnti cyberthreat group has been quietly stealing immense stores of intellectual property and other sensitive data from manufacturing and technology companies in North America and Asia for years. That’s according to researchers from Cybereason, who estimate that the group has so far stolen hundreds of gigabytes of data from more than 30 global organizations […]
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