Amidst all the hoopla about all the funding that the government has made available for broadband, one area that’s still under the radar for many stakeholders is cybersecurity requirements for participation in the funding programs. But Jill Canfield, general counsel…
Espoo, Finland – October 31, 2022 – Nokia has today announced Kinetic by Windstream is the first communications service provider (CSP) to use its application in containers solution. The Arkansas-based operator, which provides high speed broadband services across 18 states,…
As many as 65% of Comcast Business SecurityEdge customers experienced blocked attacks from July 2021 to June 2022, with up to 55% experiencing a botnet attack and nearly 50% experiencing malware and phishing attacks, according to the first annual Comcast…
August 31, 2022 – ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With cyber criminals becoming more sophisticated than ever, cybercrime is a serious threat facing organizations of all sizes. Because of the complexity and risk associated with a cyberattack, many businesses look for help from…
SAN JOSE, CA—July 14, 2022—Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) announced today that Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation (Chariton Valley) expects to double its customer connections after providing ProtectIQ® home network security to all customers at no cost. Chariton Valley leverages the full power of Calix Revenue EDGE to transform…
Raleigh, N.C. – June 1, 2022 – SilverSky, a cybersecurity innovator offering powerful managed detection and response (MDR) services, and NRTC, a member-driven and technology-focused organization based in Herndon, Virginia, today announced an agreement to offer cybersecurity services to NRTC…
Ransomware attacks increased 13% in the past 12 months, according to the Verizon Business 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (2022 DBIR). About 80% of the attacks came from organized crime, the report said. Additionally, heightened worldwide tensions, such as that…
Service providers that have been offering software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) for several years more recently have entered or have been exploring the secure access service edge (SASE) market – a market that some see having tremendous growth potential….
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today is continuing to take actions against telecom vendors that the agency perceives to be a threat to national security. The latest companies whose equipment or services have been deemed to be…
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has asked the Commission to consider examining vulnerabilities of the Internet’s global routing system as a result of potential risks to cybersecurity stemming from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. If Rosenworcel’s proposal is adopted by a vote of…
Vint Cerf, sometimes called the “father” of the Internet has three recommendations for how to use the tens of billions of dollars of funding that the government has made available for broadband. Some funding should go toward education, Cerf told…
The FCC today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) designed to start the process of strengthening the agency’s requirements for notifying customers and federal law enforcement of breaches of customer proprietary network information (CPNI). The agency pointed out that…
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