Priority Telecommunications – Stay Connected When It Matters Most

Session
Wednesday, 08 March 2023
14:8 - 14:8
Duration: 21 mins
Publication date: 09 Mar 2023
Location: Conference, L'Auberge Hotel & Casino, Baton rouge, United States
Part of event CIPRNA 2023

About the session

Communications Sector Symposium

Communications is key to any community and its infrastructure assets has become increasingly threatened. Without communications, business will be lost, and any emergency coordination would be a disaster. The internet has become a vital part of communications for all. Protection of communication assets and their resilience is vital for businesses, government and all sectors of CI.

– Priority Telecommunications – Stay Connected When It Matters Most – Colleen Wright; Larry Clutts; Cathy Orcutt, Priority Telecommunications Area Representatives, CISA

Keywords:: Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America

Priority Telecommunications

climate change

emerging threat against CI

latest challenges with cyber attacks

terrorism activities

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Communications

Speakers

Colleen Wright

PRIORITY SERVICES OUTREACH AND ACQUISITIONS, CISA

Colleen Wright is the Priority Services Outreach and Acquisitions Specialist for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Her mission is to ensure Priority Services are available to all who could face challenging communications congestion in the course of their National Security/Emergency Preparedness role. She is a retired Army communicator, with over 27 years’ experience in tactical, strategic, and commercial communications. In her final military role, she provided coordination support to DHS and the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) with the telecommunications and information technology industries to restore, repair, protect and sustain those capabilities in times of major disasters or events. She also previously worked as a PAR, championing the Priority Telecommunications Services in ten states in the West and Northwest. She lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband
Larry Clutts

nfrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for CISA Regions 6 and 9, Greater Southwest – HI, CA, NV, AZ, NM, TX, OK, AR, LA and Pacific Territories.Larry assumed his responsibilities as a PAR in late 2016 after spending 47 years in the Telecommunications Industry, in both the Public and Private Sector.Larry’s responsibilities as a PAR are to support national leadership; federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments; first responders; and other authorized national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) users on the value and use of Priority Telecommunications Services. Priority Telecommunications Services Area Representatives (PARs) work in the field, focused on expanding Government Emergency Telecommunications (GETS), Wireless Priority Services (WPS) and Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) within the ten CISA Regions.
Cathy Orcutt

PRIORITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AREA REPRESENTATIVE

Cathy Orcutt is the Priority Telecommunications Services Area Representative (PAR) for the CyberSecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for Regions 8 – CO, UT, WY, MT, SD, ND and 10 - AK, OR, WA, and ID.Cathy assumed her responsibilities as a PAR in late 2019 after spending 30 years in the 911 Emergency Communications field as a dispatcher, lead dispatcher and PSAP Manager.Cathy's responsibilities as a PAR are to support national leadership; federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments; first responders; and other authorized national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) users on the value and use of Priority Telecommunications Services. Priority Telecommunications Services Area Representatives (PARs) work in the field, focused on expanding Government Emergency Telecommunications (GETS), Wireless Priority Services (WPS) and Telecommunications

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