The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released the state technology leaders’ top priorities for the coming year with security and broadband on the list.

Leonardo announced it is part of a 5G technology experimentation project in Italy, particularly in the cities of Bari and Matera.

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) made recommendations to the U.S. government to address GPS/Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) vulnerabilities and mitigate their impact. GPS and GNSS are vulnerable to jamming, spoofing and system problems.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites comments on a document that reviews the current and potential use cases of mobile and wearable devices by ?rst responders and analyzes them from a cybersecurity perspective. The analysis aims to assist jurisdictions with selecting secure devices by identifying security objectives, and to enable industry to design and produce more secure public-safety devices.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted topics for the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 19.1 Pre-Solicitation including several specific to public-safety communications.

A wireless expert says the FCC is putting national security at risk by not enforcing amateur radio rules.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and its counterparts in the Netherlands announced a total of $2.5 million in collaborative cybersecurity research and development (R&D) across five U.S-Dutch research teams.

President Donald Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Act of 2018 (H.R. 3359) into law. The legislation transforms the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) into a new operational agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and prioritizes the mission as the federal leaders for cyber and physical infrastructure security.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded more than $1.27 million across two universities to develop new solutions to improve the capability of organizations to understand and improve their cybersecurity control investment decisions.

AT&T and Dedrone, a drone detection technology startup, are teaming up on a drone detection solution that helps protect military bases, venues, cities and businesses from malicious drones.