Fortem Technologies Opens New Advanced Manufacturing Headquarters to Meet Global Demand for Counter-Drone Defense
51,000-square-foot Utah facility more than doubles production capacity for DroneHunter® and TrueView™ systems used in Ukraine, the Middle East, and beyond.
As drone warfare reshapes global conflicts and autonomous aerial threats grow more sophisticated, Fortem Technologies today officially opened a new state-of-the-art headquarters and manufacturing facility designed to meet surging demand for its counter-drone systems. The new 51,000-square-foot building in Lindon more than doubles Fortem’s previous capacity and marks a major milestone in the company’s mission to secure airspace around the world. Click here for more
US Army faces new era of combat driven by drone and tech challenges
The U.S. Army is celebrating 250 years on Saturday. As the largest and oldest branch of the U.S. military, the Army’s involvement in America’s wars stretches back centuries. But in the 21st century, the Army is confronting a new battlefield — technology.
“The Army does face two technical challenges,” said Mark Cancian, a retired Marine colonel and senior advisor with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “One is Golden Dome and the other one is counter-UAS — that is, uncrewed aerial systems.” Click here for more
Deepwatch expands footprint to Silicon Valley
Deepwatch announces it has relocated its headquarters from Tampa, Florida, to Palo Alto, California. The new headquarters at 250 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto, positions Deepwatch at the center of the global technology ecosystem while maintaining strong operational roots in Tampa. Click here for more
Citing threats, DWP seeks to spend up to $700,000 on private security for CEO
The chief executive of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has asked the utility’s board to spend around $700,000 on private security for her, citing an uptick in threats after the Palisades fire. The five-member Board of Water and Power Commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to approve the one-year private security contract for the CEO and chief engineer, Janisse Quiñones. Click here for more
Mercenaries for Millionaires: Inside the Private Army That Protects L.A.’s Rich and Famous
f you happened to be walking around the northern edge of Brentwood during the fifth night of the fires — and you really shouldn’t have been, since by then that neighborhood had been evacuated and was teeming with national guardsmen on the lookout for looters — you might have noticed a large white van parked in front of a $15 million Georgian revival mansion on North Bristol Avenue. Click here for more
Forbes
The Cybersecurity Leadership Crisis Dooming America’s Companies
America’s companies have a chronic problem with cybersecurity.
That problem has now reached Stage 4 — spreading out of control with CrowdStrike’s mass-inflicted systemic cybersecurity incident that was not even caused by a cyber-attack.
Half-way through the summer of 2024 and the scalding impacts of the UnitedHealth Group and CrowdStrike cyber incidents have now redefined what is truly at stake and just how fragile America’s complex digital business systems are. How we long for the summer of 2023 and the tepid waters of the MGM and Caesers cybersecurity incidents. Click here for more
CBS News
Microsoft outage brings “blue screen of death” to computer systems across the Bay Area
A massive Microsoft Windows failure that crashed computers around the world early Friday morning has caused flight cancellations and delays and impeded court and government functions throughout the Bay Area.
Sometime after 2 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday, a worldwide cyber security company called CrowdStrike initiated a software update to a product called Falcon, which caused countless client computers and servers running Windows to crash. Click here for more
The Guardian
CrowdStrike faces backlash as ‘thank you’ gift cards are blocked
An attempt by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to thank workers who tackled the recent global IT outage with a $10 UberEats voucher hit a stumbling block after Uber flagged the gesture as potential fraud.
CrowdStrike confirmed that it sent the $10 voucher to “teammates and partners” who helped customers affected by a faulty software update it issued. Click here for more
CBS News
Parents of UC Berkeley students hire private security guards to patrol campus
Starting this week, a team of private security guards will patrol the south side of the University of California Berkeley campus. They were hired by a group of concerned parents.
The guards will work from 6:30 at night to 3 a.m., focusing on patrolling three main dorm buildings and the surrounding area. Cal parents who are part of a group called Safe Bears say this is long overdue but some wonder if it will really make the streets safer. Click here for more
(CBS News, 2024)
AXIOS
Pentagon stares down “drone swarm” threat
Swarms of low-cost drones powered by AI — perhaps hundreds of them at the same time — could soon pose an existential threat to America’s hulking war machinery.
Why it matters: Advanced militaries can largely fend off individual drones. But swarms of them deployed on a single target have the potential to reshape the global balance of power Click here for more
(AXIOS, 2024)
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