Cybersecurity
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A contract with Motorola Solutions will enable the county to do a better job of safeguarding its emergency radio communications system. Tower sites and radio dispatch consoles will get 24/7 security. -
With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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Legislation proposed by Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, would do away with several state boards and commissions. If it becomes law, the Missouri Cybersecurity Commission would be among them.
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The data potentially accessed by the cyberintruder included basic information about individual donations to the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Officials maintain that banking information was untouched in the incident.
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The Eau Claire County, Wis., Finance and Budget Committee has approved a resolution authorizing County Clerk Janet Loomis to submit a county election security subgrant agreement to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
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iProov, an identity verification company that works with government, is integrating its technology with Acuant. The idea uses a unique, one-time color stamp to prove that a person is really there.
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The City Hall building in York will be closed until further notice following a “physical attack” on the Information Technology infrastructure that is housed there, according to a news release issued by the city.
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Families in Tacoma, Wash., found suspicious emails in their inboxes on Monday after an email platform used by Tacoma Public Schools was hacked, sending 37,600 phishing emails to families, parents and others.
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An investigation into a cyberattack targeting the nonprofit New Mexico State University Foundation earlier this summer found no evidence of data theft or misused personal information, the university has announced.
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Athens School District will pay hackers $50,000 in cryptocurrency after district servers and data were encrypted. The cyberattack delayed the start of the school year by at least another week.
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An increase in mail-in voting this year will cost an estimated $2 billion, much of which will fall on local governments. Smart tech investments and security monitoring are key to doing more with less.
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A New York lawsuit targeting the use of facial recognition on students has added two more parents. Last week, legislation was passed to impose a moratorium on the technology in schools until the issue could be studied.
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Private mode browsing is a useful way to cover your online tracks. Just don't read too much into the word 'private.'
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Beaumont Health said patient data was potentially exposed after an unauthorized third party accessed the employee email system earlier this year. The data could include sensitive personal information and medical diagnoses.
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The city council unanimously approved three resolutions this week totaling about $4.4 million for hardware and software to modernize the primary and backup data centers and cybersecurity improvements.
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A ransomware attack against the Rhode Island College Foundation and the Providence Children’s Museum may have had personal information exposed when hackers targeted a software service provider used by both organizations.
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The novel coronavirus forced the nearly overnight shift from government offices to work-from-home setups. In Oakland County, Mich., a vendor helped officials navigate this process with enhanced cybersecurity tools.
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Taking over a YouTube account with an already established following lets the hackers reach a wide audience. That was the same goal with last week’s Twitter hack, which hijacked accounts with tens of millions of followers.
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There is agreement on both sides of the aisle that an expansion of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) would benefit state and local efforts. There isn't consensus on just how that should happen.
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To date, health authorities here and across the nation have been sparing with data, citing federal and state medical privacy laws to justify withholding any information that might identify an individual patient.
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New vendor research reinforces the notion that COVID-19 is giving hackers an edge. After a brief dip in successful attacks on public entities at the beginning of the pandemic, attacks appear to be increasing and evolving.
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