Security and Wireless Emergency Alerts

Published: June 26, 2014, 5 p.m.

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The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) service depends on information technology (IT)\\u2014computer systems and networks\\u2014to convey potentially life-saving information to the public in a timely manner. However, like other cyber-enabled services, the WEA service is susceptible to risks that may enable an attacker to disseminate unauthorized alerts or to delay, modify, or destroy valid alerts. Successful attacks on the alerting process may result in property destruction, financial loss, infrastructure disruption, injury, or death. Such attacks may damage WEA credibility to the extent that users ignore future alerts or disable alerting on their mobile devices. In this podcast, Carol Woody and Christopher Alberts discuss guidelines that they developed to ensure that the WEA service remains robust and resilient against cyber attacks. Listen on Apple Podcasts.

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