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FCC Task Force Adopts NG 9-1-1 Architecture, Cybersecurity Recommendations

By Kristen Beckman, Managing Editor
Friday, December 11, 2015 | Comments

The FCC’s Task Force on Optimal Public-Safety Answering Point Architecture (TFOPA) procedurally adopted recommendations developed by two of its three working groups Dec. 10.

TFOPA is a federal advisory committee created to provide recommendations to the commission about what steps public-safety answering points (PSAPs) can take to optimize security, operations and funding as they migrate to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1). Working group one studied cybersecurity issues, and working group two focused on NG 9-1-1 architecture implementation. Working group three, which studied 9-1-1 fees and resource allocation, released its report with recommendations in October.

Full article: http://mccmag.com/News/NewsDetails/newsID/13736/

Posted at 09:41 AM in Cyber Security, CyberSecurity, Dispatch centers and PSAP's, Fire-Rescue-EMS, Homeland Security, Information security, IT Governance, Resiliency, DR, BCP, and COOP |

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