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New services expand coverage in rural areas, give first responders vertical-axis location data and provide interoperability between land mobile radios and push-to-talk devices.

By Gerry Gebel Jan 26, 2021 In many ways, the federal government’s IT challenges are similar to those of commercial businesses. Both sectors know that as technologies and data sources grow and evolve, updating legacy IT technologies is critical. As a result, government agencies have been investing in modern technologies for several years. However, an increase in spending has not resulted in agile operations, more secure data or almost any return on investment. Why is that? According to a recent Accenture research report, federal agencies are “deploying technologies in pockets, with limite...

By GCN Staff Code42 Software’s Code42 Gov is a FedRAMP-authorized SaaS that proactively manages insider risk by protecting sensitive and strategic data from theft by detects endpoint exfiltration events including USB, cloud sync applications, Airdrop web browsers and other web apps. It is authorized for moderate-impact workloads. EnergyCAP’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) energy management information solution has been granted a FedRAMP authorization to operate at the low impact level. The company’s robust software platform and data hosting service serves as the foundation of a comprehe...

By GCN Staff Jan 26, 2021 With the growing amount of data, video, and information services (DV&IS) in the communications ecosystem, public safety agencies need priority access to advanced services to support national security and emergency response and recovery. To further that goal, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is seeking feedback on a potential new requirement for two programs it manages: the Next Generation Network Priority Service  (NGN PS ) and the Telecommunications Service Priority programs.  CISA’s NGN PS program was developed to move priority voice communi...

Jan 25, 2021 With the expansion of telework, agencies face a broader threat landscape. Teams can no longer rely on network-centric security, and federal leaders cannot manage the cybersecurity posture of personal infrastructures off-site. What’s more, bad actors are having more success gaining access to user credentials than ever before, with their algorithms outperforming humans 1,000 to one. When bad actors leverage inappropriate or unnecessary access, the damage is done before teams can detect it. In this environment, agencies must approach security infrastructure comprehensively -- cons...