Okta, a leading independent identity provider, has announced the launch of a Non-profit Cybersecurity Portfolio and US$1,020,000 in grants to support better security across the social sector. Stemming from Okta’s three-year commitment to invest US$10 million out of the Okta for Good Fund, a donor-advised fund held at Tides Foundation, this grant comes at a […]

The Columbia and Montour Counties 9-1-1 Center, operating as the East Central Emergency Network (ECEN), has announced its cutover to the Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network (PA-STARNet), the commonwealth’s state-of-the-art Project 25 (P25) radio network for public safety and emergency response communications. The network was built and is maintained by Motorola Solutions, which operates over 1,100 […]

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has selected Lumen Technologies to provide mission-critical communications, Internet connectivity and network services that support the law enforcement agency’s systems and facilities across the nation and abroad. Lumen will provide CBP with a mix of secure, resilient communications services that enable the agency to carry out its essential mission […]

Today’s public safety environment is rapidly evolving, from the dynamic nature of safety and security threats to the technology first-responders rely on to understand the details of emerging events. Motorola Solutions has announced the integration of body-worn camera and in-car video systems into CommandCentral Aware, so that law enforcement agencies can access multiple points of […]

The British Army has confirmed, via its Twitter account, that it has been the victim of a cyberattack, reminding businesses that social media accounts are prime targets. The Ministry of Defence Press Office Twitter account confirmed the news – which the British Army retweeted – in the following statement: ‘The breach of the Army’s Twitter […]

The Home Office, the lead government department responsible for immigration, security and law and order, has recorded 9,205 personal data incidents over the past year, almost double the year prior. In the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 it was reported that over 9,205 personal data incidents occurred from April 2021 to March 2022, […]

Solicitors are being asked to play their part in keeping the UK safe online by helping to tackle the rise in organisations paying out to ransomware criminals. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have been told that some firms are paying ransoms with the expectation that this is the right […]

The State Library of Victoria, Australia’s oldest library, has entrusted the support and maintenance of its Oracle E-Business software to Rimini Street. Rimini Street is also providing the library with its Advanced Database Security (ADS) and Advanced Application Middleware Security (AAMS) solutions, enabling an approach to security that can block vulnerabilities in hours – unlike […]

SentinelLabs has uncovered a cluster of activity by threat actor, Aoqin Dragon, dating at least as far back as 2013. Aoqin Dragon’s primary focus is assessed to be espionage, targeting government, education and telecommunication organisations in south-east Asia and Australia. The threat actor has a history of using document lures with pornographic themes to infect […]

The systems that underpin the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) are under increasing cyber threat. Over seven in 10 cybersecurity decision-makers at UK CNI organisations reported a rise in cyberattacks since the start of the Ukraine war, according to new research by UK cybersecurity services firm, Bridewell. The research, which surveyed 521 cybersecurity decision-makers in […]