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Pandemic Underscores Importance of Public Safety Continuity-Of-Operations and Disaster-Recovery Plans

COVID-19, aka the coronavirus, pandemic is grabbing a lot of attention right now, partly because we don’t see global pandemics in the United States very often, certainly not one of this gravity. But we do see other significant events on a fairly regular basis— e.g., wildfires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, hazardous materials spills, network outages—that can disrupt or halt public safety operations.

Topics: Next Generation 911 Networks, Operations, Public Safety Technology, Consulting, Emergency Response Ecosystem, Law Enforcement, Continuity of Operations and Disaster Recovery, Criminal Justice, 911 and Emergency Communications Centers

Security Training: A Key Element of a Strong Cyberrisk Prevention Program

According to a recent report by Crowdstrike, cybersecurity threats to state and local governments increased in sophistication in 2019. While there have been improvements in how government agencies detect attacks, assailants continue to be relentless and inventive in their efforts to find IT infrastructure gaps that can be exploited. In a highly complex digital environment full of cybercriminals looking to exploit your organization’s vulnerability, a self-inflected wound can be especially frustrating.

Topics: Operations, Staffing, Cybersecurity, IT and Network Support, Emergency Response Ecosystem, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice

DAS and BDA Technology Might Seem the Same—But They’re Not

As we move about the public safety sector, we often hear a common misconception, which is that distributed antenna systems (DAS) and bidirectional amplifier (BDA) systems are the same. But while they generally serve the same purpose—which is to boost radio frequency (RF) signals to enhance in-building coverage—they are quite different. Let’s explore the basic differences.

Topics: Public Safety Technology, Radio coverage, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Fire and EMS

URL Integration Acquisition Bolsters MCP’s Data-Integration Capabilities

When we launched MCP a little more than a decade ago, we established some pretty aggressive growth goals, especially for a firm that was operating out of a garage and had no clients at the very beginning. Nevertheless, each goal was met with room to spare. Our ability to do so hinged on a single, overarching, inflexible focus on delighting the client.

Topics: Next Generation 911 Networks, Operations, Public Safety Technology, IT and Network Support, Workforce Optimization, Public Safety Data, Shared Services / Consolidation, Data Integration and Analytics, Criminal Justice, Smart and Safe Cities

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Pandemic Underscores Importance of Public Safety Continuity-Of-Operations and Disaster-Recovery Plans

Security Training: A Key Element of a Strong Cyberrisk Prevention Program

DAS and BDA Technology Might Seem the Same—But They’re Not

URL Integration Acquisition Bolsters MCP’s Data-Integration Capabilities

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