In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission fined a person almost $32k for using a device intended to evade the fleet management tracking system on his company vehicle. The device in question: a GPS jammer. The incident occurred at the Newark Airport after FAA and NJ Port Authority officials struggled for over two years to determine why the new ...

Organisations are caught in a constant cycle of deploying new services, supporting new use cases, and managing growth - which results in networks that are always trying to get back to a reliable state before the next round of changes hit As a result of the network always changing there are now more monitoring, visibility, and security tools in use ...

Privately-held Canadian cableco and mobile operator Eastlink has expanded its commercial LTE network coverage to Saint John in the Atlantic province of New Brunswick, aiming to challenge national operators Bell, Rogers and Telus with its offer to buy out mobile users' existing contracts. Other key features of Eastlink's 4G mobile offerings include ...

Networking is changing rapidly, speed and bandwidth requirements have grown exponentially, new traffic types appear daily, and now a functioning network is a crucial and necessary part of running a successful large or small business in any market. You are expected to provide critical business applications in a secure, always-up network environment....

Bell Canada has announced successful TD-LTE 'wireless-to-the-home' (WTTH) trials in the 3.5GHz and 28GHz spectrum bands utilising Huawei's 5G-oriented Massive MIMO and 8T8R technology. The trials were conducted in the small Ontario communities of Orangeville, Feversham and Bethany to test and refine the capabilities of WTTHservices for rural areas....

Every day we hear of security breaches, which damages the company brand and reputation.  At the present time the advantage has been with the attacker and the CISO is now expected to provide meaningful and actionable security intelligence to board members. So how can CISOs train tomorrow's security executives when today's well-known securi...

What is Threat Hunting Whether the process is called threat hunting, cyber hunting or cyber threat hunting, each term essentially means the same thing: security professionals look for threats that are already in their organization's IT environment. This differs from penetration or pen testing, which looks for vulnerabilities that an attacker could ...

Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) has posted a 4.6% rise in annual revenues to CAD22.719 billion (USD18.060 billion) for 2017, whilst the group's twelve-month EBITDA climbed 4.4% to CAD9.178 billion. CAPEX in FY 2017 was 7.0% lower than in 2016, at CAD4.034 billion, whilst BCE's annual net profit attributable to shareholders reached CAD2.786 billion, d...

Do you have to give up on network availability when deploying your inline security tools? By using a iBypass switch "YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE"  When a network monitoring device such as an IPS is deployed inline in a network, it is vital to ensure that traffic continues to flow in all circumstances, even if the IPS loses power, so that mission-...

Canadian cableco Cogeco has confirmed in a press release that it will continue its DOCSIS 3.1 network enhancement program over the next three years, enabling the progressive roll out of its gigabit broadband services in Ontario and Quebec. Cogeco stated: 'This program complements the expansion and upgrade projects carried out in recent mo...

Would you like to see and detect more security threats in your production network? The key to inline security monitoring are fail-safe tool deployment, maximum traffic inspection, and super-fast failover. This white paper will show you how ​To access 100% of your network trafficIncrease the efficiency of your security toolsUse security intelligence...

Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) reports that its total revenue grew 5.0% year-on-year in Q3 2017 to CAD5.678 billion (USD4.425 billion), whilst underlying service revenue climbed 5.9%. Adjusted EBITDA was up 5.9% in three months ended 30 September 2017, yielding an improved EBITDA margin of 41.7%, on continued strong wireless growth, improved wirelin...

Canadian quad-play cableco and mobile group Shaw Communications has reported its consolidated financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended 31 August 2017. Revenue from continuing operations of CAD1.24 billion (USD968 million) for the quarter and CAD4.88 billion for the year increased by 2.6% and 8.1%, respectively, over the compar...

The unprecedented complexity of IoT is bringing together a universe of "things" that were not designed to work together or share data. Data is increasing exponentially. Competitive edge often depends on getting new services to market quickly. New management systems can take years to roll out.  Now there's StableNet® — an innovative, flexible p...

Telus Communications has won a CAD176 million (USD140.6 million) seven-year contract with the Canadian federal government's Shared Services Canada to provide VoIP telephony, instant messaging and desktop videoconferencing. The deal is in conjunction with a federal decision to axe 80,000 traditional landlines in favour of VoIP; Shared Services Canad...

 Infosim® together with University of Würzburg, TU Munich & genua mbH Key Learning Objectives  ​The SarDiNe Research Project Fine-grained Access Control in SDN Networks Resiliency and Offloading for a Firewall Virtual Network Function SDN/NFV & Cloud managed by StableNet® The ever-increasing number and complexity of cybe...

Telnet Networks is pleased to notify you of the availability of a new version of software for Spectracom's SecureSync and NetClock 9400 series synchronization systems.  Download the V5.7.1 release below featuring: ​The Talen-X BroadShield feature requiring license SS-OPT-BSH. This optional functionality offers spoofing and jamming protection a...

A delicate balancing act is taking place on networks globally. It is the balance between applying strong protective measures to keep data safe and unintentionally concealing new IT security vulnerabilities. And it all centers on SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. Just as SSL encryption protects certain details of a transaction, it can also conce...

Unlike traditional, reactive approaches to detection, hunting is proactive. With hunting, security professionals don't wait to take action until they've received a security alert or, even worse, suffer a data breach. Instead, hunting entails looking for opponents who are already in your environment. Hunting leads to discovering undesirable activity...

 Advanced cyber threats, cloud computing, and exploding traffic volume pose significant challenges if you are responsible for your organization's network security and performance management. The concept of 'network visibility' is frequently introduced as the key to improvement. But what exactly is network visibility and how does it help an org...