Public-safety organizations are not immune to the growing volume and variety of cyber attacks, as witnessed by the recent attacks on city governments and public-safety agencies, several of which took critical systems offline for days. According to Cisco’s 2018 Security Capabilities Benchmark report, 95 percent of attacks result in damages of $500,000 or more. As public safety organizations embrace the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and connect more people, places and things, their “attack surface” grows exponentially, exacerbating the security challenge.
FirstNet is bringing public safety a much needed mobile communications upgrade by introducing the latest private sector technologies into the public sector safely and securely. It helps to improve first responders’ efficiency, safety and response times by enabling better field and interagency coordination using new connected devices and applications. As many organizations begin to plan their FirstNet deployment, it’s a good time to re-evaluate network security strategy — from cruiser to cloud.
This webinar will explore approaches and best practices in connecting and protecting the growing number of network endpoints that are part of modern policing, firefighting and emergency medical services, including PCs, tablets, vehicles, cameras, sensors, drones, robots, and live streaming video. It will highlight the inherent security features of FirstNet as well as define security functions required at the edge router to protect communications to back-office systems, state and federal crime databases, and the cloud. Additionally, the webinar will touch on federal security compliance requirements, which are now receiving greater scrutiny.
Todd Krautkremer, Cradlepoint chief marketing officer, will lead the live webinar with Doug Clark, assistant vice president, AT&T FirstNet Programs, and Todd Kelly, Cradlepoint chief security officer, presenting