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Palm Bay council approves opt-in CERA safety app for schools
Summary
The Palm Bay City Council approved a subscription with CERA, an opt-in safety app for schools and first responders, after staff and the police chief addressed security and privacy questions from council and public commenters.
The Palm Bay City Council voted 5-0 to approve a subscription agreement with CERA, a cloud-based incident notification app intended for schools and first responders.
City officials and the police chief told the council the system is opt-in and geofenced to specific properties, and that data would be stored on a Microsoft Azure government tenant with CJIS-level controls.
The council’s vote followed public comment raising privacy and ownership concerns and a staff presentation that described a cybersecurity…
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