Tag: CISA

911 Call Center Overhaul Could Receive Boost Under Latest Infrastructure Package

For more than a decade, there has been a push to upgrade the country’s 911 call centers from analog- to digital-based systems, which would allow callers to send and receive text messages, videos, geolocation, and other data to and from emergency dispatchers. Progress on this has been slow, but could receive a major boost under…


US to Combat Increasing Cyberattacks, Especially From China

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the launch of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) on Aug. 5, to combat increasing cyberattacks from other countries including communist China. The JCDC will bring government agencies and private industry together to cooperate on U.S. cyber-defense operations to fend off cyberattacks and threats from overseas. The…


FBI Says ‘Iranian Cyber Actors’ Created Website Threatening US Election Officials

The FBI and CISA say Iranian cyber actors are responsible for creating a website to incite violence among 2020 presidential election officials.