MCP Insights

COVID-19 Has Brought Out Public Safety's Resolve, Ingenuity

Sometimes you don’t have a choice—an event occurs that is so cataclysmic that you are forced to do things you ...
June 4, 2020
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What’s Next? Conducting an Incident Response Review

As states begin to reopen and communities slowly return to normalcy, organizations, including ...
May 29, 2020

If You Do Nothing Else, Implement Multifactor Authentication to Head Off Cyberattacks

MCP’s NetInform solution leverages a variety of tools that enable our subject-matter experts to assess our ...
May 28, 2020

Whitepaper Cautions Against Using TIGER Data for GIS Data Development

Geographic information system (GIS) data is a foundational component in the migration to, and continuing ...
May 21, 2020

How to Keep GIS Institutional Knowledge From Walking Out the Door

Every once in a while, the geographic information system (GIS) professional working for one of our clients ...
May 19, 2020

Life at MCP: Meet Mark Athearn

One never knows when the proverbial light bulb is going to turn on. For Mark Athearn, who recently was ...
May 14, 2020

Podcast Series Tackles COVID-19-Generated Telecommunicator Stress

Without question, the role of telecommunicator in an emergency communications center (ECC) is one of the most ...
May 12, 2020

One Way To Keep Public Safety Technology Procurements from Derailing

Emergency communications centers need a lot of gear. They need wireless communications systems to communicate ...
May 5, 2020

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Hackers Still Are Exploiting COVID-19

As part of our effort to inform our clients about potential and serious cybersecurity issues, MCP provides ...
April 28, 2020

The Case for Private Long-Term Evolution Networks for Power Utilities

Next month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote on reconfiguring the 900 MHz band ...
April 23, 2020

Why COOP/DR Plans Need to Consider GIS Data Maintenance

A couple of weeks ago, MCP’s Richard Gaston posted about why it is critically important for every ...
April 17, 2020

Public Safety Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Critical VMware Bug

As part of our effort to inform our clients about potential and serious cybersecurity issues, MCP provides ...
April 16, 2020