ISPs Adopt Cybersecurity Recommendations
Last Thursday, the country’s largest wired and wireless ISPs, representing about 80% of the broadband subscribers in the United States, committed to a voluntary set of cybersecurity codes of conduct...
View ArticleAustralia Says No to Huawei
According to a March 27 Reuters article, Huawei Technologies Co. LTD of China has been asked not to provide project bids and contracts for the $38 billion Australian National Broadband Network (NBN)....
View ArticleCybersecurity: An Opportunity to Assist Other Industries
A majority of board members and senior executives responsible for critical industries in the United States do not have sufficient knowledge about their companies’ cybersecurity endeavors, according to...
View ArticleSecuring our Communications Networks
Editor’s Note: Cybersecurity is a hot topic within the telecommunications industry. NTCA has been closely following Congress’ attempts to shore up our nation’s critical infrastructure through new...
View ArticleCybersecurity for Telcos
Editor’s Note: This is the second of two guest author posts on the topic of cybersecurity. Last week we heard from Jerry Smith, senior network engineer at Farmers Telecommunications (Rainsville,...
View ArticleToo big to fall?
The Wall Street Journal, Target, Facebook, and the U.S. Federal Reserve – all of these organizations were subject to recent, successful data breaches, exposing sensitive financial and personal...
View ArticleIt’s a Little Harder to Buy Lion in Virginia These Days
Somewhat warily, I approach this week’s post: advising people how to advise other people how to avoid trouble. Truthfully, I’m not offering advice – I’m not really qualified to do that. Rather, I am...
View ArticleThe Vegas Rules of Cybersecurity
For all of the serious business that takes place at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas, there is a fair share of old-school trade show fun, from the tech demos to the booth games (sink a...
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