Cybersecurity
-
Chief Privacy Officer Martha Wewer reviewed the state’s approach to data protection, AI oversight and consumer privacy on Thursday as Gov. Josh Stein marked a new day of awareness during Data Privacy Week. -
There was a record set for data breaches in 2025, and the incidents were also paired with fewer details in notification letters, raising concerns about transparency and public understanding.
-
Following a turbulent year in cybersecurity, the state Governor’s Technology Office is seeking to hire a new cybersecurity lead to manage risk and compliance. Nevada’s permanent CISO retired in May 2025.
More Stories
-
Even with a warrant, FBI investigators often can’t read encrypted text messages and are unable to open locked files stored on computers.
-
While the federal government works on big-picture solutions, state and local government agencies are under tremendous pressure to secure critical data, infrastructure and services.
-
According to the Federal Trade Commission, Washington saw the nation’s second-highest rate of identity theft complaints in 2014.
-
The lens into HackingTeam, a company that helps law enforcement hack into digital networks, could confirm the suspicions of civil rights advocates, who’ve called for greater transparency and more restrictions related to surveillance.
-
Given the lack of significant official response by the U.S. to cyberattacks so far, one cybersecurity expert says the Chinese are unlikely to be deterred.
-
NYIT aims for the facility to become an NSA-certified National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense.
-
On July 1, Gov. Dannel Malloy signed legislation that expands the state’s current definition of personal information, and requires new data breach security terms and conditions in every state contract dealing with confidential information.
-
The bill aims to reduce the incentive to steal smartphones and use or resell them.
-
The Einstein and Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation cybersecurity programs have been hailed as the cornerstone of repelling cyberthreats in real-time -- but it turns out this is not actually the case.
-
A class action lawsuit from the American Federation of Government Employees alleges the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has failed to heed warnings about its cybersecurity defenses.
-
According to a statement by Penn State, “several systems in the College of the Liberal Arts have been the target of two cyberattacks by unknown, targeted threat actors.”
-
With roughly a year heading up Atlanta's IT operations, Saini has worked to launch free Wi-Fi in various parts of the city while forming a partnership with Google and Waze to alert citizens to traffic delays to name a few. What else does he have in store?
-
While the U.S. side is sure to raise concerns over hacking of the Office of Personnel Management, few analysts think anything of substance will be announced this week.
-
Outsourcing HR functions can put sensitive employee data at risk, and it's government's responsibility as an employer to ensure vendors guard against the threat of identity theft.
-
The county's IT department analyzed computer system security in light of several recent arrests in an alleged IRS tax return check-cashing and identity theft scam and alleged falsification of county pay stubs.
-
The nation's best defense in cyberspace involves not only the military but private citizens and corporations, top security planners said in a closed-door meeting at the U.S. Army War College.
-
In a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission, the Electronic Privacy Information Center called for the agency to investigate Uber and halt possible privacy invasions ahead of a revised policy set to take effect July 15.
-
In the wake of highly publicized data breaches and cybersecurity attacks, city officials are looking at historically underfunded municipal cyberdefense programs.
