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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021

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Briefing

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology branch has awarded SecureLogix a two-year $997,526 Phase II Small Business Innovation Award to continue research and development of an architecture for an Emergency Communications Cybersecurity Center (E3C) concept that centralizes security processing functions for regions, states, or at the national level. “The ever-increasing frequency and sophistication of cyber-attacks on public safety answering points, EC3, and emergency operations centers demand that cutting-edge technical enhancements must be developed and put in place to…

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