January 2024
Cellular Via Satellite
By Peter Aggus
Conventional base stations give us good cellular coverage in populated areas where traffic levels justify the investment in infrastructure. However large areas of land, such as much of Canada’s far north, will never justify regular terrestrial base stations. Satellite Phones work well but are expensive. New technology is now being tested that could enable satellites to work with regular cellphones.
A Different Way, A New Way
By Ellen Koskinen-Dodgson
I recently met with Stolo Tribal Council President and Tribal Chief, Tyrone McNeil to discuss the Coast Salish approach to emergency management. He has embarked on a path that combines First Nations traditional knowledge with the United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction along with some other international standards and tools. Here are the highlights of what he had to say.
Don’t Give Your Data to Scam Artists
By Guy Robertson
Everyone has heard about the Nigerian scam letter that asks for your help to transfer a large sum of money to an organization in a foreign country. Your reward will be a percentage of that money, but first, you must tell the scammer your bank account details. Of course you didn’t fall for that, but you’d be surprised to learn how many intelligent people have been duped in this way. Here’s how scam artists work.
Enforced Resilience
By Johnnie Denton
We are moving towards an age of enforced resilience – where governments around the world will mandate resilience as a way to protect services and systems that are vital to national security, public safety, economic priorities, international agreements, etc. So far, it’s cybersecurity and telecommunications centered, but the requirements may evolve to all areas of business resilience.