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Communications Challenges in the 21st Century

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Take any emergency or disaster and you will find that communications is the key ingredient that needs to be present to have a successful outcome. Communications systems are changing rapidly to become lighter with more capabilities, including linking people and organizations with satellites. This is the topic for this podcast.

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Strengthening public safety collaboration with AWS Wickr and the Android Team Awareness Kit

AWS Public Sector Blog

For public safety agencies, secure collaboration and situational awareness are essential to preparedness and response. First responders need secure, uninterrupted communication to help them get oriented quickly and support complex coordination efforts.

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

Public safety technology includes public safety platforms First, managing communications properly and responding to a crisis in an organised manner requires a holistic and well-coordinated approach. What has been missing too often in the ‘last mile’ of emergency management is communication.

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Public Safety Starts with Smart Procurement

American City & Country

With the responsibility of protecting attendees, crowd control, and maintaining security, procurement teams play a critical role in making sure the staff has everything they need to execute the event. Procurement teams must source reliable security services that can scale up depending on the size and complexity of the event.

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Getting started on your data security journey

Microsoft Public Sector

Data security is a top concern and priority for many organizations. As I'm working with customers, especially in the State and Local Government, I notice that sometimes customers do not know where to begin with their data security strategy. The below are 3 key considerations for your data security journey.

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Enabling secure mission success with Wickr RAM in Department of Defense Cloud One

AWS Public Sector Blog

Wickr’s Global Federation capability empowers individual users, the DOD enterprise, and the federal government to securely communicate while mobile and disconnected from secure networks. For federal agencies and DOD entities, a data breach can be disastrous for national security. Best-of-breed technology collaborations.

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Harnessing data for safer communities

American City & Country

On the one hand, it offers law enforcement agencies an unprecedented wealth of information that can be harnessed for situational awareness, safety, coordination of response times and more. Start by organizing data sources effectively, encompassing camera video, databases, radio communications, social media, weather updates and more.

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