Cybersecurity
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Flock Safety cameras have become an increasingly utilized tool for the bigger police departments across the state, from urban areas like Aurora, Colorado Springs and Denver to suburbs like Douglas County. -
Minnesota’s case is one of several breaches of late involving legitimate access, a recurring issue in provider-heavy government health and human services systems.
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Its ability to send residents emergency notifications was crippled by the November cyber attack. Since then, the local government has relied on state and federal systems to send out alerts.
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The $3.3 million system, meant to detect shapes like firearms in Lockport schools, has drawn criticism for its potential to violate student rights.
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At the 18th edition of the North Carolina Digital Government Summit, Gov. Roy Cooper revealed a new partnership with the National Governors Association and discussed the importance of broadband access.
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A bill by Sen. Cory Gardner would establish a menu of sanctions the White House could use to punish hackers targeting the U.S.
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Mark Gower, the state's chief information security officer at the Oklahoma Cyber Command, said his team regularly conducts security testing on all state networks.
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The 35-year-old system will be used in the upcoming November election, but its replacement should be ready for smaller local elections in March 2019.
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Toomey is the latest to announce email accounts associated with his campaign were the target of “hackers from a nation state.”
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Hacking conference organizers said kids had hacked “exact clones” of state election reporting websites, but that didn’t happen.
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Can local government protect privacy and increase the use of smart technologies at the same time?
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A phony login page to the Democratic National Committee’s voter database was part of an unauthorized security test initiated by the Michigan Democratic Party.
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The warning comes as authorities in Indiana caution residents about increased cyberattack activity.
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Nevada CIO Michael Dietrich shares the advice he would give to a state agency faced with a cybersecurity breach.
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Internal memos paint a clearer picture of the lasting effects of two cyberattacks earlier this year that continue to disrupt fire and police department IT systems.
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The phony page was meant to capture login information and passwords, though party officials do not believe it was successful.
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The policy will cover costs associated with crisis response, loss recovery and any resulting legal claims.
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For your safety online, your state should implement DNSSEC if it hasn't already (and it likely hasn't).
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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office has certified the first open-source, publicly owned election technology for use in the county.
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Gov. Jerry Brown will now decide whether the legislation to create a special cybersecurity team within the Secretary of State’s Office will become law.
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Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim is claiming no one in office is focused on cybersecurity — Secretary of State William F. Galvin would like to disagree.
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