Cybersecurity
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The incident is affecting the towns of Pepperell, Dunstable, Townsend and Ashby. It has taken down emergency and business phone lines for police, fire, and emergency medical services departments, but not 911. -
Town officials are investigating the incident, which has impacted computer systems and public safety departments. Its 911 phones are working normally and no private data appears to have been compromised.
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A public research university in West Virginia is working with the financial technology company Intuit on a student-led Security Operations Center, where students will simulate and problem-solve real-world scenarios.
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SponsoredAs state government pension programs transition into the digital era, the conveniences of technology bring with them a new and alarming challenge — the prevalence of digital identity fraud.
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Alabama and Oklahoma are the latest states to block AI tools with overseas ties from being used on government devices. Concerns include a lack of security as well as data collection and storage practices.
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The U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP, will develop and implement a new approach to authorizations to make them easier and cheaper.
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Troy Stairwalt, who brought more than two decades of experience to the chief information security officer role, has stepped down. The state will accept applications for the new CISO through April 7.
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Data plays an essential role in governance, and a new report from the Open Technology Institute illuminates an urgent need for public-sector adoption of technologies that help enable secure use of data.
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Cobb County Information Technology Services detected unusual activity on a county server and took multiple servers offline to conduct maintenance, according to the county’s communications department.
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Women are increasingly exploring nontraditional channels to enter into the cybersecurity workforce, according to a survey and recent analysis from a cybersecurity professionals member association.
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The ransomware software called Medusa has launched attacks on hundreds of people since 2021, using phishing campaigns as its main method for stealing victims’ credentials, according to federal officials.
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Where do things stand with the deployment of zero-trust architectures in federal, state and local governments across the country — and the world? Here’s a March 2025 roundup.
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The Fort Bend County Commissioners Court voted March 6 to spend nearly $2.6 million to retain the services of several cybersecurity firms. The move comes as the Fort Bend Public Library recently confronted online outages.
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The FBI has alerted smartphone users nationwide to delete fake texts pretending to be from toll road services, delivery companies, or government agencies, saying the smishing scam is moving state to state.
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Launched this week by the state Department of Development, the program aims to provide assistance to smaller firms in strengthening cybersecurity and negotiating changes to the federal contracting landscape.
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New leadership often means new regulations for government, which can create uncertainty for cybersecurity teams that manage and protect vast networks of devices. Automation is one way to streamline some of that work.
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The FBI has issued a warning about a new text-based smishing scam in which recipients receive messages saying that they owe fake charges for using highways.
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Solomon Adote's six-plus-year tenure as Delaware's CISO, marked by the establishment of the state's first risk management team, will conclude on March 14. Aashish Patel will serve as interim chief security officer.
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A cyber attack that prompted Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to send in the National Guard to aid an investigation has shuttered the court since Feb. 23. It will reopen Wednesday but its website remains offline.
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A cyber attack in late 2024 exposed names, dates of birth, student identification numbers and Medicaid identification numbers, but not Social Security numbers or financial information, of current and former students.
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The Sausalito City Council was prompted to call off its latest meeting after what the city manager called a "blunt force" hacking attempt on the computer system.
