The National Security Agency (NSA) has already warned of VPN vulnerabilities. Of course, it can be tempting to assume that classified and top-secret networks are inherently safe. But with security, there is no ceiling. ZTNA can make classified networks even more secure. (Courtesy of Forcepoint)

How the Intelligence Community Can Embrace Zero Trust Network Access

Guest Editorial by George Kamis, CTO for Global Governments & Critical Infrastructure at Forcepoint Last year, two months into the pandemic, the White House published an executive order mandating that all federal...
Interest in Robots is Growing, and new networking options are a significant factor explains Chris Wall, Sales Director for Rajant Corporation.

Empowering Public Safety and Industrial Security with Robotics

Guest Editorial by Chris Wall, Sales Director for Rajant Corporation Public safety and security organizations are continuously looking for greater operational efficiencies and cost savings. The likes of autonomous robotics solutions will...
Seafaring vessels routinely collect data sets for live operations and discard them after they have served their immediate purpose. But systematic retrieval, storage, and analysis of such data can yield valuable insights that can aid short as well as long-term operations. (Courtesy of Charles River Analytics CRA)

Charles River Wins Contract to Use Sensor Data from Seafaring Vessels

Charles River Analytics has been awarded a $225K Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to research and develop an economical device that can collect and analyze crowdsourced data from isolated vessels...
The 2022 'ASTORS' honors mark the third consecutive year Rajant radio nodes have been distinguished for enabling highly mobile IoT applications for public safety and security.

Rajant Earns 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Win for Industry Leadership & Innovation

Rajant, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and recipient of Triple Platinum Homeland Security Awards in American Security Today's 2022 'ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards, is pleased to announce the company...
The widespread adoption of mobile technology in EMS will transform how emergency professionals respond to 911 calls and reduce costs for EMS providers. Similar programs can help with better resource allocation, lowering costs for patients and emergency medical services overall.

How Mobile Tech Enhances EMS Response, from Dispatch to On Scene

Guest Editorial by Scott Morris, Senior Account Manager, Panasonic Connect North America Can you imagine a world where laptops didn’t exist for EMS workers? Yet, as late as 2011, states, including Georgia...
“Hexagon has long been a leader in public safety solutions that deliver situational awareness and insights to emergency services and others – improving operations, minimizing risk, and saving lives,” added Hexagon President and CEO Ola Rollén. “Qognify’s solutions are a natural expansion of our public safety portfolio, adding comprehensive and tightly integrated video capabilities that can provide dispatchers, responders, and investigators with new levels of intelligence to serve and protect their communities.”

Hexagon AB Acquires Qognify

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies has acquired Qognify, a leading provider of Physical Security and Enterprise Incident Management software solutions. Qognify was...
BackBox brings powerful automation to help free people by removing complexity from network management. BackBox also creates a central backup of network device configurations with one-click recovery to help ensure high availability resilience.

BackBox Named Best Network Automation Solution in 2022 ‘ASTORS’

BackBox, a market leader in network automation, security, and management solutions, is pleased to announce its Centralized Multi-Vendor Network Automation was named Best Network Automation Solution in the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland...

API Security Flaws Found within The LEGO® Group Online Service Platform

Salt Labs has released new threat research highlighting two API security vulnerabilities discovered within BrickLink, a digital resale platform owned by The LEGO® Group which could have enabled attackers to compromise LEGO’s internal...
Changes to regulations, standards, and guidelines are rippling up and down the federal government through agencies, large and small, in response to the White House Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, but here are some of the major ones put forth by CISA and NIST.

Highlighting CISA & NIST’s Efforts Under EO 14028: Standards & Security

Guest editorial by Dr. Brian Gant Companies and organizations have been increasingly aware of the need for cybersecurity to safeguard their data and that of their customers. However, even the best intentions...
Canon U.S.A. earned recognition in the categories of Best Access Control and Authentication Solution and Best Device Visibility and Control Solution for its continually updated and enhanced uniFLOW Online and Canon Office Cloud offerings.

Canon U.S.A. Earns Multi-Gold 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

For its efforts in offering cloud print and scan solutions with built-in security features that can help users modernize some of their scanning and printing processes – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a...