Cybersecurity
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State lawmakers are ramping up data center pursuit a year after passing controversial legislation aimed at drawing data centers to West Virginia at the expense of local government control and funding. -
An ambulance billing company has agreed to pay Connecticut and Massachusetts $515,000 for a 2022 data breach that exposed private information of nearly 350,000 residents, officials said.
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The nonprofit advisory group GovRAMP reports that its Progressing Security Snapshot Program leads to steady cybersecurity improvements for cloud service providers who sell to government, ultimately boosting trust.
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Uber has received criticism after Jason Dalton, an Uber driver, gunned down 6 in Kalamazoo, Mich., and injured 2 others after customers tried to contact the company complaining of Dalton's erratic and violent behavior.
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CIO Donna Seymour retired from her position amid the controversy over last summer's hack that exposed millions of government workers' private information.
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Emergency dispatch centers can respond to 911 texts in Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is working on legislation with Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., that would require companies to unlock data under court order.
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Directer James Comey said that the scale of the San Bernardino attacks, which left 14 people dead and 22 people injured, warrants the pursuit of all leads.
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Since 2012, businesses and government agencies have been required to report data breaches affecting more than 500 Californians to the Attorney General's Office. More than 650 breach incidents have been sent in during the past four years.
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A state employee under investigation for visiting adult content sites on his work computer was also found sharing private information with his sister who worked at the state Health Care Authority.
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The CEOs of Google and WhatsApp agreed that forcing companies to enable hacking could compromise users' privacy.
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Ransomware starts the same as any other malware attack, but it's much less effective against organizations that back up their data.
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Sam Palmisano will serve as vice chairman on the new panel, which is part of a $19 billion package to improve the nation's ability to withstand attacks from hackers.
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As part of a lawsuit, the California Education Department is supposed to hand over student names, health records and Social Security numbers.
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Tax fraud costs state treasuries millions of dollars. This tax season, states are employing new strategies to combat online tax fraud.
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Apple CEO announces a fight around the court order to aide FBI in unlocking San Bernardino terrorist’s cellphone citing dangerous precedent and potential for misuse.
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John Kerry has steadily worked to build global support in the fight against the Islamic State extremists.
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The hackers demanded 9,000 bitcoins, the equivalent of $3.65 million, to unlock the machines at Hollywood Presbyterian, which is at least the fourth hospital this year to be reportedly affected by ransomware.
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At publishing date, 22 states and Washington, D.C., are fully compliant; another 23 have approved extensions to fully comply; and the remaining five are either noncompliant or have not been granted extensions.
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Due to their nature, position and size, federal networks need stronger security measures than most organizations. So far, the cybersecurity resources devoted are not in proportion with the risks.
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Organizations at all levels of government play an important role in protecting critical systems from cyberattacks.
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