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Homeland Security warns of cyber gaps, pushes for wireless emergency alerts and cyber funding
Summary
Guam's Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense told senators the island's all‑hazards alert system is operational but cyber defenses and emergency communications need federal support; the office is pursuing about $2 million and wireless emergency alert capability for cell phones.
Esther JC Aigi, Guam's Homeland Security Advisor and acting administrator of the Office of Civil Defense, told the committee that OS/OCD now operates at the intersection of disaster recovery and defense-related civil preparedness and identified cyber security and emergency communications as the most urgent needs.
Agi said, "Guam does not have an air raid warning system. What we have is an allhazards alert warning system also known as AHAS and I am proud to report that is fully operational." She described…
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