Cybersecurity
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A breach in a Minnesota Department of Human Services system allowed inappropriate access to the private data of nearly 304,000 people, with officials saying there is no evidence the data was misused. -
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.
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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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The Livingston, N.J., school district’s payroll system was still not fully functional after a ransomware attack, which forced a delayed opening of schools earlier this week, officials said Tuesday.
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More than a dozen U.S. utilities were targeted in a wave of cyberattacks within the past year, many of which are relatively small entities, including Rochester Public Utilities in New York.
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Delta Air Lines, the second-largest carrier at Seattle’s Sea-Tac airport, is implementing facial recognition that will be used with international travelers at its gates by the end of this year.
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In a collection of Government Technology’s top stories from the past 12 months, we look back on the year that was and take note of the tribulations and transformations in state and local government.
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The U.S. Army’s new Cyber Command headquarters at Fort Gordon and other related developments have created a “huge opportunity” for the entire state, University of South Carolina President Robert Caslen said.
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Delta Air Lines, the second-largest carrier at Seattle’s Sea-Tac airport, is implementing facial recognition that will be used with international travelers at its gates by the end of this year.
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During a last-minute hearing Friday, the Louisiana Deputy CIO Neal Underwood revealed that last week's ransomware attack was the largest one to impact the state, but he stopped short of calling the attack catastrophic.
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A recent ransomware incident in Louisiana, which crippled roughly 10 percent of the state’s computer network servers just hours after a statewide election, poses few issues for the election results.
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The school district’s computer servers in Livingston, N.J., were hacked by an outside entity and infected with “ransomware,” the superintendent said in a statement, resulting in delayed classes on Monday.
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Guilford County Commissioners Voted this week to spend about $2 million for new voting machines that use hand-marked ballots instead of the current supply of touchscreen, digital terminals.
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The 79 locations for the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles won't re-open until early next week, following a weeklong closure in order to reimage computers attacked by ransomware earlier this week.
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Lester Godsey brings more than two decades of experience in IT and cybersecurity to the Arizona county. He hopes to translate that experience into new partnerships and, ultimately, results.
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The state’s agencies have to now untangle not only what happened, but also communicate with the different offices and rank-and-file state workers about how to get back on track for citizens’ services.
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This year, the General Assembly passed HB 2178, calling for new, modern cybersecurity standards that must be met throughout the state before systems are allowed to access Virginia's election database.
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Adding new data sources, like from emergency management systems, for example, is helping Kentucky continue to get smarter about how it directs its resources in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
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Officials revealed to local media Wednesday that a minor security slip that led to the recent cyberincident. The state, while having mostly recovered, will need a few days for all services to be up and running.
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Experts in the local government privacy space say they are paying close attention to how the Census will share data about the population while making it so individuals can’t be identified.
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A former administrator in the Horry County information technology department has now signed an agreement to plead guilty to stealing more than $350,000 in computer equipment, officials said.
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