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 Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget has made changes and is producing a remediation plan for aspects of network cybersecurity following an audit by the state auditor general.
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Augusta's $100 million facility's mission is to promote cybersecurity innovation through collaboration by government organizations, private-sector businesses, academia and the military.
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Tips from a cybersecurity expert.
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State education officials say the company handling the online portion of TNReady could've faced a 'deliberate' attack, but there are no signs yet that student data was compromised.
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Malware can skew elections in favor of certain candidates, as shown in a hypothetical election in Georgia, one of several states that exclusively uses electronic voting machines.
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State and local government can learn from practices currently taking hold in the private sector and at the federal level about the future of their own practices related to cybersecurity.
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The unprecedented alert came after the discovery that Russia was using compromised computer network equipment to attack companies and government agencies.
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Augusta could see a flurry of activity around a $150 million investment in a facility geared toward bolstering the region’s cyberworkforce.
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Producing verifiable paper records will be a requirement of the new voting machines, according to new rules issued by Acting Secretary of State Robert Torres.
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The new high-tech voting system could cost Sonoma County $6 million.
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Just last month, the state adopted PayIt for online registration renewals. Now, the self-serve service is exposing license plate numbers, fees, and insurance providers if someone randomly enters PIN numbers.
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Recurring online threats of phishing, malware and ransomware continue to threaten governments, though Internet of Things attacks, cryptomining and mobile attacks loom.
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The Boston manufacturer, ATI Systems, said it had developed a patch that will be rolled out shortly and noted that such a hack 'is not a trivially easy thing that just anyone can do.'
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Maryland lawmakers passed HB 1331, which requires the state administrator of elections to report any security breaches or serious attempts within a week of their discovery.
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What are the rules governing who’s watching you online?
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As millions in federal dollars flow to states to protect elections, what should the money help pay for?
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For the most part, the bigger states got bigger grants. But the presidential battleground state of Michigan got more money per person than other big states.
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