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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.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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Much funding and effort is spent on hardening cyberdefenses, but what about hunting down the people responsible and understanding their methods so as to prevent future attacks? At RSA 2020, experts weighed in.
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As part of the massive cybersecurity event, Director Chris Krebs of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency discussed prominent issues related to state and local government.
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A couple of months after suffering a ransomware attack, libraries in a Bay Area county have gone offline again — but it's not clear yet whether hackers are to blame. Meanwhile, residents can't access online accounts.
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Since 2018, an intense public debate has erupted in Lockport, N.Y., over the use of facial and object recognition systems — with the New York Civil Liberties Union asking for the facial recognition component to be removed.
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Lincoln-based NRC Health, which provides performance analytics and management services for health-care companies, announced that it was breached by a Feb. 11 ransomware attack. The FBI has been notified.
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Des Moines County works with Carosh Compliance, an Indiana-based company with an office in Iowa City, to train county employees on how to handle sensitive data in an effort to help decrease the risk of a data breach.
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At this year's RSA cybersecurity conference, one session looked at the ways in which the Bureau is attempting to work together with private industry to track and prosecute hackers who spread the malware.
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Collecting census data online creates new risks to the accuracy and integrity of the information. Here's what to be aware of.
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Federal legislation was recently passed to protect the nation's electric grid against cyberattacks, but the law doesn't go far enough to protect us from imminent attacks. Threats from Iran illustrate that urgent action is needed.
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The city joins four other communities in Massachusetts in attempting to ban the municipal use of the technology. Somerville was the first in the state to restrict the local government’s use of the tech outright in June 2019.
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The Virtual Safe Neighborhood program will enable Shawnee County, Kan., citizens to buy a smartphone app that allows parents to be alerted if a registered offender attempts to contact their child.
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Health-care professionals and lawmakers should be more concerned about patients’ data outside the clinical setting, said Jessica Golbus, a medicine fellow at the Michigan Medicine Frankel Cardiovascular Center.
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While cybersecurity experts from around the globe gathered in San Francisco this week, the looming threat of the coronavirus saw some companies pulling out of the event — among them Facebook, IBM and Verizon.
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California Chief Information Officer Amy Tong explains how technology is helping combat deadly wildfires, her approach to making state agencies digitally accessible and ensuring Internet connectivity for all.
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Cyberattacks are on the rise at all levels of government, but many small jurisdictions do not have the resources to protect themselves. Their vulnerability affects states and the federal government, who must pitch in.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency first learned about a data breach to one of its systems in summer 2019. Earlier this month, it notified potential victims of identity theft with a letter.
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Law enforcement agencies are uploading crime-related DNA to databases where genetic testing kit customers can share their DNA. Lawmakers debate whether police should access personal data by using consumer tech.
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The ransomware attack against the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office in 2016 was left unreported until the incident was made public earlier this month. Experts say that’s several years too late.
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