The cyber threat landscape for public safety has fundamentally changed. As leaders, you face critical decisions about protecting the communications infrastructure your communities depend on during their most vulnerable moments. With mission-critical systems experiencing a 66% increase in disruptions from 2023 to 2024, the question is no longer if your agency will face an attack, but when—and how prepared you'll be to respond. This briefing begins with an introduction to Motorola's Public Safety Threat Alliance (PSTA), an information sharing and analysis organization (ISAO) specifically focused on cyber threats to public safety communication platforms. The PSTA leverages intelligence from Motorola Solutions' Cybersecurity Services, CISA, other ISAOs, and nonprofits to provide actionable intelligence to improve your cybersecurity posture. Membership is open to all public safety organizations at no cost. Following this introduction, we'll examine how sophisticated threat actors are specifically targeting public safety infrastructure, creating strategic risks that demand attention. Through anonymized case studies of actual incidents, we'll demonstrate how cyber disruptions cascade through emergency response systems, potentially compromising officer safety, public trust, and operational continuity.
