Texas DIR Selects AT&T for Cybersecurity (Multi-Video)
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) has awarded AT&T with a contract to offer managed security services statewide.
The services include security monitoring and device management, risk and compliance testing, and...
New Trends in Smart Cities Include Wireless Broadband (See Video)
By Alex Doorduyn, Director of Business Development, Security & Surveillance, Siklu Communication, the 2017 Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Wireless Broadband Solution
The smart cities movement in Europe and North America has grown considerably within...
ASC Launches Campus-Based Layered Mass Notification System
American Signal Corporation (ASC), Two-Time Winner of the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards and Platinum Award Winner for Best Disaster Preparedness, Recovery Solution, is launching its new in-network mass notification and alerting system: ASC AWARE.
This product...
Unanimous Opt-Ins Pave Way for FirstNet (Learn More, Multi-Video)
With last week’s close of the FirstNet opt-in/opt-out period, the unanimous decisions of states and territories across America are in - making it a big week for public safety.
Fifty states, 2 territories and...
DHS OIG Privacy Incident Involving PII of Employees & Investigative Data
On January 3, 2018, select Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees received notification letters from the DHS Chief Privacy Officer, Phillip S. Kaplan, to advise them that they may have been impacted...
Public Safety Communications in the Far Reaches of Tribal Lands (Video)
An Unparalleled Community needs an Uncommon Network
By Margaret Gutierrez, FirstNet Regional Tribal Government Liaison
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe refers to the layout of its tribal lands as a checkerboard—with...
All iPhones, iPads & Macs Affected by Chip Flaws: What to Do (Multi-Video)
By Selena Larson and Jethro Mullen, CNN Money
Apple users haven't been spared in the great computer chip debacle.
The U.S. tech giant has confirmed that all its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers...
DHS S&T Award to Create Platform to Spur Cyber Controls Info-Sharing
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded 418 Intelligence Corporation of Herndon, Virginia $350,000 to develop a forecasting platform that will help critical infrastructure owners and system...
Radware Wins New Top Tier US Carrier for Attack Mitigation (Video)
Radware, a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, and a 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Award Winner for Best Cyber Security Application Management, has won an over one million dollar...
FBI Chief Wray: Encryption is ‘Urgent Public Safety Issue’ (Multi-Video)
By Olivia Beavers, THE HILL
FBI Director Christopher Wray stated Tuesday that the inability of law enforcement agencies to surpass the strong encryptions on electronic devices poses an “urgent public safety issue.”
Wray said that during the...