by Pivot
Tag: Cybersecurity
Chariton Valley Telephone Leverages Calix for Home Network Security
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…
SilverSky and NRTC Announce Cybersecurity Partnership
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…
Report: Ransomware Attacks Increase 13% Over Last Year
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…
Beyond the Hype: What Service Providers Need to Know About SASE
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…
FCC: Three More Telecom Vendors Pose National Security Threat
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…
Rosenworcel Concerned About Cybersecurity, BGP Vulnerability Amid Ukraine Conflict
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…
Internet ‘Father’ Vint Cerf: Some Broadband Funding Should Go to Cybersecurity
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…
FCC Proposes Data Breach Notification Requirements
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).…
AT&T Launches Managed Firewall Service for 5G, More 5G Security Services to Come
AT&T is introducing a managed firewall service for business customers undertaking private 5G network deployments. The offering is the first in what the carrier said will be a portfolio of 5G security offerings. The managed…
AT&T XDR Service Provides Cloud-Based Threat Analytics
AT&T today unveiled a managed extended detection and response (XDR) offering featuring a cloud-based security platform with security threat analytics, machine learning and third-party connectors. The solution is designed to protect endpoint, network, and cloud…
T-Mobile CEO Humbled by Cyberattack, Updates Customers on Status
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert today posted a blog post on the company’s website to update customers on the status of the cyberattack earlier this month and the steps the company has taken since. “The last…
Verizon Looks to Quantum VPN Technology to Thwart Future Hacks
As hacking attempts – successful and unsuccessful – continuing to grow, Verizon is examining a technology that the carrier thinks might have promise in protecting data from breach attempts. The hacking issue is of particular…
