Cybersecurity
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Government security leaders are struggling. Cyber investments are lagging. Resources are being cut. The problem is getting worse. Let’s explore solutions.
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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.
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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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Among five-year goals in the state of Minnesota's new 2018 Information Security Strategic Plan are improving situational awareness, communication and education about existing risks.
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State elections officials announced a directive in April requiring counties to adopt voting machines that create a paper record. Now, counties risk decertification if new machines are not in place in 2019.
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Brown County, S.D., worked with the company to resolve an issue in April that had delayed or impeded emails sent from Google accounts for more than a year.
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The 27-year-old hacker accessed the personal information of more than 1,600 former and current employees and changed the release date for a county jail inmate. In all, the cyberattack cost the county more than $235,000.
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A kiosk that allowed Sarasota, Fla., residents to view city emails was removed in February 2017 and not replaced. Some see the move as an end run around transparency and accountability.
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The new biometric program uses facial recognition to identify all inbound and outbound passengers, making the airport the first in the country to fully deploy the technology.
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Cities and towns are becoming more technologically sophisticated – but remain vulnerable to attack.
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To better prepare their IT workforce, officials in Summit County and the city of Akron are partnering with an experiential learning program with a familiar membership model.
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For Indiana Chief Information Officer Dewand Neely, securing state agencies is more than just an IT problem.
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Cybercrime could cost up to $600 billion in annual loses, a new report says.
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The Deloitte staff will develop "defense cyber capability" for the command's space mission systems.
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New voting machines that will trace paper ballots begin use in this summer's primary races.
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The 2018 election security playbook has been released by the county's Registrar of Voters.
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Monday's programming dove deep into top-of-mind issues for state CIOs.
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Investment in the Savannah River region has put Georgia on the map when it comes to cybersecurity, but can the area really compete with the likes of California’s Silicon Valley?
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Kentucky CIO Charles Grindle weighs in at the NASCIO Midyear conference on what he’d tell an agency confronting ransomware.
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The Alabama Breach Notification Act, approved by the legislature last month, imposes new requirements on government agencies and companies that use citizen data.
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A hacker locked town officials out of all computer systems last Friday, encrypting data and demanding $1,000 in cryptocurrency.
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