Cybersecurity
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Bryce Bailey, deputy state CISO, has been tapped to be interim CISO in the Cornhusker State following the departure of Abby Eccher-Young. The state is also looking to hire a new chief data officer. -
Tulsa International Airport recently suffered a ransomware attack, a spokeswoman confirmed. The facility is independent of the city of Tulsa, which suffered its own such incident in early 2019.
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City officials are trying to determine the full extent of systems impacted by a ransomware attack, which paralyzed phone and computer systems in multiple departments beginning early Wednesday.
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The crash renewed calls for tighter regulations of the aerial devices, which are increasingly popular with photographers and amateur aviation enthusiasts.
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As in the early days of any insurance coverage, cyber policies and terms are a mixed bag regarding what is covered and to what degree.
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Agencies don't need to avoid social media, experts say, but they need to prepare for possible attacks.
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Sessions at the summit held at CSU San Bernardino addressed the need to fill open positions in cybersecurity, and the need for diversity in the cybersecurity community.
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The state’s homeland security director says cyberthreats remain the "most important and least understood risk" to government and the private sector.
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This Wednesday brought some government website hiccups.
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In a presentation to the Senate State Affairs Committee, Idaho's director of homeland security said potential threats range from defaced or misleading websites to data theft and disruption of public services.
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The president primarily touted middle-class economics and called for parties to cooperate in this year's addressing, making mere mentions of technology plans and proposals.
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The cyber attack forced the city to shut down its online site for hours on Dec. 1 to make sure sensitive city files were protected — and it made the city take a new look at other potential Internet problems.
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The recent flood of cyberattacks means that hackers are relentless and more sophisticated than ever before.
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Too few students are pursuing degrees in the field to meet demand for workers who protect the nation’s computer networks from attacks, Biden said, something the Department of Energy's $25 million in grants over the next five years aims to fix.
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The renewed push from Sen. Bill Nelson comes in the wake of recent high-profile data breaches at large companies and years of congressional inaction to tackle data security lapses.
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Obama said Monday that the recent hacking at Sony Pictures Entertainment and data breaches at major retailers showed the "enormous vulnerabilities" of the nation and the economy to cyberattacks.
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The Pentagon swiftly suspended the sites and said it appears that no classified material was breached.
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Recent breaches have sparked a mad dash for cybersecurity experts — and another mad dash to recruit and educate students in that field.
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The new lab sits in an office building owned by the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, a mix of public and private entities dedicated to improving the state’s climate for national cybersecurity research.
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While apps identify the permissions they seek before a user downloads them, experts say most people pay little attention to what they’re agreeing to when they hit the “install” button.
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