Cybersecurity
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What’s on the minds of top local government chief information security officers? In this interview, Michael Dent shares current security and technology priorities, career tips and more. -
Rodgers, a longtime officer in the U.S. Navy, has considerable technology experience in the private sector, including as a federal and public security architect at IBM. He is the former deputy mayor for Boca Raton, Fla.
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The district attorney’s office in Fort Bend County is investigating the Feb. 24 breach of the county’s library system, which led to $2.6 million in contracts with cybersecurity companies. Some library systems are still down.
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The city of Wichita has shut down its computer network in response to a cyber attack, leaving some city services temporarily unavailable and requiring first responders to switch to backup procedures.
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The U.S. Department of Education and the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity will hold a summit in October and develop actionable insights for ed-tech vendors.
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With election season poised to start, New Mexico’s secretary of state wants to make the public more aware of the ways deepfakes and artificial intelligence can be used to manipulate information.
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Lost data is just one lingering consequence of an April 2023 cyber attack on the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Officials will replace a compromised database, upgrade outdated hardware and harden cybersecurity.
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The county, the city of Niagara Falls and the town of Lockport will receive more than $130,000 via the State Homeland Security Program. The funding can be used, generally, to address coverage gaps and incident response.
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The Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City will work with contractor Windemuller Electric to do a vulnerability assessment. Officials will look at the airport’s computer network and do an internal audit of digital systems.
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At a congressional hearing, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said the cyber theft includes personally identifiable information on “maybe a third” of all Americans.
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The ability of AI programs to produce and scale disinformation with swiftness and breadth is the weapon of lone wolf provocateurs and intelligence agencies in Russia, China and North Korea.
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The man, who was arrested last week, is suspected of allegedly defrauding two elderly victims of thousands of dollars in April via an online phishing scheme. He faces a federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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Alaska CIO Bill Smith said that while ransomware is a huge threat and priority for him and the other state CIOs at the NASCIO Midyear conference, the most important way to turn the tide is getting back to basic cyber hygiene.
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Experts recently discussed new early-warning tools, strategies for disrupting cyber criminals long term, and awareness and preparation campaigns that reach everyone.
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As the deadline for year two funding approaches, Washington CISO Ralph Johnson talks about the state’s spending priorities with historic federal support for cybersecurity as the NASCIO Midyear conference gets underway in National Harbor, Md.
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Coffee County, Ga., which is the same county where tech experts copied the state’s election software after the 2020 election, was also hit by a separate cyber attack this month.
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As a rise in cyber and ransomware attacks on health-care facilities leaves hospitals vulnerable, legislators and health-care providers are hoping to work together to improve cybersecurity measures.
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The Port of Los Angeles stands out for strong cyber defenses, but at other ports across the country, cybersecurity capabilities can vary wildly. The White House seeks to change this.
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Bill Zielinski, who has led the Information and Technology Services department since 2020, will step down April 30. In recent years, he led the city’s response to a ransomware attack, and to the deletion of millions of police records.
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