Lohrmann on Cybersecurity

The National Governors Association held their summer meeting for 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, this past week. Dramatically improving our nation’s infrastructure tops the list of priorities. What’s next?

Details from recent data breaches as well as results from several security industry studies raise new (and old) questions about insider threats within organizations. What can be done? Let’s explore.

The National Governors Association released an issue brief examining state cyber disruption response plans. State and local governments should review this report to improve their preparedness for cyberattack disruptions.

‘The Spy’ offers a real-life, high-stakes spy story. We get a glimpse at NSA history in the ‘70s and ‘80s, learning about rivalries, motivations and persistence that continue to drive 21st-century global espionage.

Most security leaders change organizations every few years. The reality is that people leave jobs for many reasons. Here’s why this often becomes a problem for enterprises, the CISO or both.

Operation Snap in Wales improved road safety and reduced fatalities by 40%. By enabling secure public reporting of road traffic offenses using videos and photos, Welsh police overcame budget cuts while improving results.

North Dakota is implementing unified cybersecurity across the 7 branches of government. Sean Wiese, North Dakota CISO, explains how this new, singular approach is breaking-down silos and redefining shared cyberservices.

The 2020 election security topic has risen to become the top cybersecurity agenda item for federal, state and local governments. Here’s a round-up of new bills, reports and more on securing the voting process.

As the ongoing impacts of the ransomware attack against the city of Baltimore worsen, the blame game has reached national news headlines. Let’s explore some of the precedent-setting issues involved.

Will Facebook’s plans to introduce ‘GlobalCoin’ next year result in a surge of new cryptocurrency offerings? Many experts believe so, and here’s why.

As state government leaders left Shreveport, Louisiana, this week to return home, there was a sense of how far the nation has come regarding cybersecurity — tempered by a recognition of how much more needs to be done.

In this exclusive interview with Patrick Hale, the award-winning CIO from VITAS Healthcare in Miami, we cover health-care innovation, technology, virtual reality solutions, cybersecurity and so much more.