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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.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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Benton County was the target of a $740,000 scam in which thieves pretended to be a building contractor working with that government. The cybercriminals were based in India, officials reported.
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Security filters that block international traffic would affect a relatively small number of Ohioans. Overseas voters from Ohio requested about 9,600 ballots in 2018, and only about 7,500 of them were returned.
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Maryland elections officials will no longer require the state’s largest jurisdictions to use a wireless network to transmit voter information to the state during its upcoming primary and general elections.
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The Adams County, Miss., Board of Supervisors has given the election commission the authority to apply for a Help America Vote Act grant for an upgrade to technology in the election commissioner’s office.
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Allegheny Intermediate Unit, a regional education agency, was on high alert after a malware attack targeted its network. There is no evidence that any sensitive information was compromised.
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Data privacy regulations are being adopted to protect internet users. Today, humans need to read those rules to ensure compliance. New research suggests machines could interpret them in real time.
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Emails obtained through a public records request show that the strain of ransomware used against Volusia County libraries last month is the same kind behinds other attacks on government systems.
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At the Public Sector CIO Academy, experts from the public and private sectors provided insight into what IT leaders need to think about when considering data collection and sharing aimed at benefiting residents' lives.
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The House Homeland Security Committee will hear testimony from the National Institute of Standards and Technology regarding how the Department of Homeland Security uses the technology and its limitations.
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A study from cybersecurity firm McAfee of county websites in 13 states found that smaller jurisdictions were generally less likely to encrypt their websites — a standard security measure — than larger ones.
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Experts are voicing their concern about Georgia's election security practices and whether they will prove effective against myriad threats during the high-profile 2020 presidential race.
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The cybersecurity firm found that many counties in a group of electoral battleground states haven't taken measures — encrypting their websites and moving to .gov domains — that protect their credibility.
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A ransomware attack has forced ITI Technical College back to paper processes a week before students were set to take their final exams. The college is just one of several institutions hit by cybercriminals in recent months.
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Some states don’t collaborate with cities and counties to improve cybersecurity.
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With electronic voting and vote-counting machines susceptible to hacking, paper ballots ensure recounts are possible – and accurate.
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Officials should ban the city’s use of facial recognition technology of the kind the Chicago Police Department utilizes on the grounds that it’s racially biased and an invasion of residents’ privacy, critics say.
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Results of the Iowa Caucus were delayed a day because of a coding error in a new app used by the Iowa Democratic Party. Several technology experts see it as a cautionary tale that could have gone worse.
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Around the world, elections are under attack. U.S. officials could learn from other countries about how to ensure everyone's vote is recorded and counted accurately.
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