GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
ioXt Alliance | December 14, 2020
The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act has now been signed into law, adjusting endeavors of the ioXt Alliance and the U.S. central government in tending to IoT security. The law necessitates that government organizations apply cybersecurity prerequisites to all bought and utilized IoT gadgets. The ioXt Alliance, the Global Standard for IoT Security, has driven industry-contribution to the advancement of the bipartisan-upheld enactment.
ioXt Alliance individuals have worked with delegates of the bill just as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to understand this enactment and intently adjust it to industry best practices - like those set forth by the Alliance. The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act will currently expect principles to be characterized and at last executed, including necessities for IoT gadgets and administrations, just as weakness announcing and revelation for government bought gadgets. The two temporary workers and subcontractors the same will require weakness exposure programs.
“This action is a long time coming for IoT, and we applaud the steps the administration and industry have taken together to advance regulations around connected devices,” said Brad Ree, CTO of the ioXt Alliance. “We’re equally as committed to improving and driving the adoption of security standards and are eager to harmonize our principles with the IoT Improvement Act to further help manufacturers implement these critical measures. Between our certification program, cross-recognition programs, and compliance tools – our organization is best positioned to lead the charge.”
Inside 90 days of the bill passing, NIST should distribute the base security prerequisites for government organizations tending to the danger related with IoT gadgets. From that point, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will survey and support the particulars.
“We will continue to work closely with NIST along with private and public sector leaders to incorporate industry feedback into the IoT Act’s requirements,” continued Ree. “It is imperative that together, we build a scalable compliance program that will ensure the safety of this technology and will allow manufacturers to seamlessly navigate government and industry requirements across the globe. We are more than ready to start the process to finalize specifications and implementation. While this is U.S. government specific, we’re confident that it will serve as the catalyst that prompts network operators, consumer ecosystems, and retailers to follow suit in device security certification moving forward.”
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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
Qualcomm | November 17, 2020
The U.S. government has at long last backed off on Chinese cell phone producer, Huawei. The nation has permitted American chipset producer Qualcomm to sell 4G cell phone chips to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. This is the primary exclusion made by the US government since the expanding pressures between the two nations. The American government had trained all chipset makers to quit sourcing items to the Chinese organization since Septemeber.
The spokes person from Qualcomm did not specify the exact chip that they will be supplying to Huawei. However, they did confirm that it is related to mobile devices.
Other than Qualcomm chipsets, Huawei has its own scope of chipsets which has been being used in many gadgets sold by the organization, particularly on mid-reach and spending contributions. The organization's capability to plan its own chips was additionally impeded in September by U.S. exchange limitations that obstructed its admittance to chip plan programming and creation devices. Industry investigators trust Huawei's store of chips bought before the boycott could run out ahead of schedule one year from now, devastating its cell phone business.
Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon said the Qualcomm license would have a "limited impact" because it covers only 4G chips while consumers are shifting to newer 5G devices. Rasgon said it is still unclear whether U.S. officials will grant Qualcomm licenses for 5G smartphone chips.
About Qualcomm
Who is Qualcomm, and what do we do? We are engineers, scientists and business strategists. We are from many different countries and speak many different languages. We come from diverse cultures and have unique perspectives. Together, we focus on a single goal—we invent breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes, and communicates.
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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
CTI | August 18, 2021
CTI, a leading government software and systems development company, is launching its new Training and Integration Services program. CTI now offers customized Team Awareness Kit/Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) and RaptorX training to improve and maintain TAK user proficiencies and provide custom integrations for third-party platforms requiring component integrations with TAK, Raptor, and Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) government platforms.
Training Services
CTI's Training Service will leverage the team's combined experience within Special Operations and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations to provide hands-on instruction of TAK and RaptorX to the end-user, maximizing mission success in the field. CTI trainers rapidly develop customized curriculums to meet mission requirements and conduct instruction both in classroom and field training venues to support the needs of the user community.
John Goodson, a Naval Special Warfare veteran and CTI's Director of Products, elaborates further on the need, "Every unit has several power users that maintain TAK proficiency across the team, but as the those individuals naturally transition into new roles, that knowledge leaves the organization, impacting mission readiness. The training services provided by our team of ex-military TAK and RaptorX subject matter experts fills that gap by expanding the team's knowledge and ensuring that it is consistently maintained regardless of personnel turnover."
Integration Services
With over 20 years of developing open, government-owned platforms, CTI is expanding its expertise to third-party partners that require integration of their unique technologies into government-open platforms. Offering this turnkey integration service enables our partners to focus on their technology value, leveraging CTI's experience navigating platform intricacies, government approval processes, and ensuring testing and validation is complete prior to new versions being released.
"From adding complex Electronic Warfare (EW) sensors into TAK within days at training exercises to full systems integration considering networks, protocols, sensors, emerging cloud infrastructure, and operational concerns informed by our veterans -- CTI is the impartial glue that makes things work smoothly for our Warfighters," says CTI's Product Solution Architect, Steven Turner. No matter how difficult the integration, CTI is ready to bring our experience to reduce developer and user frustration, ensuring the adoption of technologies into government applications across all warfighting domains and commercial markets that may benefit from open, government-owned applications.
About CTI's Solutions and Services
CTI's solutions are the preferred standard in the mission space due to the team's iterative, hand-on development with users, unique application of agile methodologies, and utility-driven design. CTI is focused on building solutions on open-source and open government-owned platforms. This corporate philosophy ensures that industry proprietary software or hardware tools do not stand in the way of the right capabilities being brought to bear in the field. Paired with our "Rapid" approach to solutions development, service delivery, and business execution, CTI continues to thrive in the defense marketplace. CTI is headquartered in California, MD and has offices in San Diego, Camarillo, and Santa Barbara, CA as well as Denver, CO, Honolulu, HI, and Chantilly, VA.
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