Cybersecurity
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The National Security Agency has designated Eastern Washington University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, following encouragement by the federal government to train more professionals. -
When cybersecurity experts from the public and private sectors gathered this week, AI and critical infrastructure took a back seat to frontline defense in light of recent international headlines.
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The program, designed for water and wastewater systems, builds upon plans released last year by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The move comes amid increasing worries about cyber attacks linked to the ongoing and widening war in Iran.
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While overall ransomware attack numbers remained steady, higher education institutions drove a sharp rise in exposed records, fueled in part by third-party software vulnerabilities.
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To guard against phishing-based ransomware attacks, the state is outfitting 161 of its jurisdictions and other public-sector organizations with hardware-based protection. And it's not alone.
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Gov. Tim Walz has authorized $1.2 million in state emergency disaster assistance to address a cybersecurity incident that disrupted digital services in St. Paul for several weeks this summer.
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County commissioners approved a three-year Microsoft 365 and cybersecurity agreement, plus a cyber suite add-on. Two members said the risk of exposing sensitive data outweighs concerns about monthly costs.
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The third-party payment processing vendor, BridgePay Network Solutions, is reporting a systemwide outage to its services following a ransomware attack. An investigation and recovery efforts are ongoing.
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The state has created a policy establishing how data across the executive branch is identified, classified and safeguarded, to act as the foundation for data security. Its scope is wide-reaching.
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Since making the change in the spring of 2025, officials have consolidated licenses and are pushing Internet to all city sites. Both initiatives combined have saved several hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Navigating insights from the World Economic Forum’s meeting at Davos on AI-driven threats, the push for digital sovereignty and the weaponization of critical global infrastructure.
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As part of a 10-county pilot, the local government fully implemented the technology Jan. 29. Its GPS, GIS and improved cellphone technology offer additional accuracy during emergencies.
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The state’s recently arrived director of cyber operations will work closely with state Chief Information Security Officer Chris Gergen to build and manage statewide cybersecurity strategy and operations.
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After a phishing incident in December initially cost Warren County over $3.3 million, officials may soon pass a thorough computer use policy for county employees that will touch on related issues.
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Funding from the federal State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program will support the delivery of multifactor authentication hard tokens to 161 local governments in New York state.
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The auditor’s budget was cut after its refusal to join a countywide cyber program and contribute $1 million from its real estate assessment fund to help mitigate the cybersecurity costs.
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Lawmakers in the Magnolia State are considering bills to make the state CIO a cabinet member, mirroring a national trend of CIOs evolving from tech managers to enterprise leaders — and to create a cybersecurity department.
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School and college administrators are among hundreds of attendees at this week's TEEX Cyber Readiness Summit, exploring a wide range of topics from AI and security to identity theft and human firewalls.
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John Cook, outgoing president of Springfield Technical Community College, said rising enrollment numbers are making the college's Security Operations Center more sustainable.
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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.
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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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