Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) Vice President of Industry Affairs and Cybersecurity Strategist Nadya Bartol testified Sept. 10 before a joint hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Energy regarding the serious concerns that cybersecurity presents with respect to grid vulnerability.

Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) selected Michael Meason, manager, technical services from Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC), as the new chairman of the Security, Risk and Compliance Committee.

Zetron partnered with CS-Solutions, a provider of in mission/business-continuity anti-terrorism software, to enhance the cybersecurity of Zetron systems.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced final allocations for eight fiscal-year 2015 DHS preparedness grant programs, including the Homeland Security Grant Program. These allocations total more than $1.6 billion to assist states, urban areas, tribal and territorial governments, nonprofit agencies and the private sector with preparedness efforts.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a $2.9 million cybersecurity mobile app security (MAS) research and development (R&D) award that will help identify mobile app vulnerabilities. Kryptowire, based in northern Virginia, won the 30-month contract through S&T’s Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA).

Sepura TETRA radios helped secure the 41st G7 Summit, held in Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavaria, Germany 7 – 8 June. The annual global summit brings together the heads of state from the countries that make up the G7 group.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) selected the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the lead institution to establish a new critical infrastructure resilience (CIRC) center of excellence (COE) and provided a $3.4 million grant for its first operating year.

Three communications technology suppliers partnered to present a series of Utilities Security and Service summits. The first of the events will be held in Atlanta May 8 to coincide with UTC Telecom & Technology 2015.

The Department of Homeland Security released fiscal-year (FY) 2015 notices of funding opportunity for nine DHS preparedness grant programs totaling more than $1.6 billion. The grant programs provide funding to state, local, tribal and territorial governments, as well as transportation authorities, nonprofit organizations and the private sector.

PureTech Systems was issued a patent titled “Autonomous Lock-On Target Tracking with Geospatial-Aware PTZ Cameras” by the United States Patent Office.