MCP Insights

Florida Enacts New State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act

In 2021, the Biden administration announced a massive federal initiative to bolster cybersecurity across the private and public sectors.

Fundamental Aspects of a Strong Vulnerability Management Program

Many organizations are pursuing more robust, proactive measures for managing vulnerabilities in their information technology (IT) environments due to massive cybersecurity breaches.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory Update: Google Zero-Day Vulnerability

A new critical security alert requires the mission-critical community’s immediate attention.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory Update: LockBit Ransomware Threat

A new critical security alert requires the mission-critical community’s immediate attention.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Black Basta Ransomware Group Threat

A new critical security alert requires the mission-critical community’s immediate attention.

Cyber Tip of the Week: EDR, XDR, and MDR

The cybersecurity landscape constantly is evolving – and navigating it is a challenge for information technology (IT) teams large and small.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: China State-Sponsored Attacks on Networks and Devices

A new critical security alert requires the mission-critical community’s immediate attention.

Interoperability Takes a Village — Join Us in This Effort

Twenty years ago, communications interoperability in the emergency response sector was thought of solely in terms of two-way voice communications delivered by land mobile radio (LMR) systems.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Advisory Overview

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a unit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has issued an alert regarding an advisory released by Microsoft concerning a critical remote code execution vulnerability.

Integrated Justice Is Needed Nationwide to Improve Outcomes and Prevent Senseless Tragedies

On July 23, 2007, a home invasion occurred in Cheshire, Connecticut. During the invasion, the family that owned the home suffered numerous horrors — the husband was severely injured when beaten with a baseball bat, while his wife and two daughters were murdered; the wife and one daughter were sexually assaulted. The perpetrators then burned down the house to destroy the evidence.

MCP Grows Yet Again, This Time Adding Critical Cybersecurity Expertise

Over the last several years, Mission Critical Partners aggressively has pursued acquisitions that expand the services and solutions that we can offer to clients in support of their missions. That work continues with the addition of Secure Halo, which is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. This acquisition is the fifth executed by MCP in the last four years.

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: ‘Dirty Pipe’ Linux Vulnerability Provides Easy Privilege Escalation

Advisory Overview

Security researchers discovered and released information to the public regarding new vulnerabilities and kernel-level exploits. The vulnerabilities — CVE-2022-049 and CVE-2022-0847 — are two of the highest-severity exploits and affect out-of-date Linux distributions, aka “distros.”