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7 requirements for secure messaging in critical infrastructure

‍ Most critical infrastructure organizations are running communications on platforms built for the wrong threat model. Commercial SaaS tools were designed for persistent internet connectivity and vendor-managed infrastructure. Neither holds in energy grids, water systems, transport networks, or healthcare environments facing active cyber threats. Secure messaging for critical infrastructure is not a feature upgrade. It is an architectural decision.

Element recognised as a Digital Public Good

We're pleased that Element has been recognised as a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), a multi-stakeholder initiative endorsed by the United Nations. To qualify as a Digital Public Good (DPG) a solution must meet a rigorous set of criteria. In particular open licensing, clear ownership, platform independence, strong documentation, privacy compliance and adherence to open standards.

Delivering Matrix federation as a built-in standard

Federation lets different organizations communicate directly, server to server, without routing data through a vendor's cloud. For customers in defense, government, and critical infrastructure, it is what makes cross-organization collaboration possible without leaving the sovereign or restricted environments they have already accredited.

The Shift to Multiplayer Work: Say Hello to Slackbot's MCP Client

Think about the five apps you can’t do your job without. Now count how many of them talk to each other. If you’re in sales, your deals live in one tool, your contracts in another, your decks in a third. If you’re an engineer, your tickets, your incidents and your code reviews are three different tabs. Every one of those apps got an AI assistant this year. None of them got any closer together.

Government communication platforms: what agencies need to know in 2026

‍ Government communication shapes how agencies coordinate internally, how departments collaborate across boundaries, and how public institutions engage with the citizens they serve. When it fails — through insecure tools, fragmented systems, or non-compliant platforms — the consequences range from operational breakdown to regulatory liability. This article covers the most widely used government communication platforms across messaging, video conferencing, and citizen engagement.

Best Employee Communication App for Teams and Businesses in 2026

The best employee communication app in 2026 is the one that reaches every member of your workforce — desk-based and frontline alike — through a single secure platform that works on any device. Poor internal communication costs businesses time, money, and people. When updates get buried in email, decisions happen in personal WhatsApp groups, and frontline workers are the last to know about anything important — productivity suffers and trust erodes. This guide covers.

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Slack is great at connecting you with your teammates, but that’s not all it connects you to. In this episode, we’ll show you how to use Slack as a true operating system for work. You'll learn how to bring everyday tools like GitHub and AI agents like Cursor straight into your channels so they can track down bugs and open pull requests right from Slack. Sound good? Good. Class dismissed!