Cybersecurity
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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. -
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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A group of students and faculty from one Ohio community college will spend the summer learning the skills they’ll need to fill those jobs defending against constant cyber attacks.
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The number of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employees at risk has expanded exponentially — from a few dozen, to several hundred to thousands.
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State Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Richard Opper said the computer server was taken off-line as soon as the unauthorized intrusion was discovered 10 days ago.
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Just in time for federal agencies' deadline to meet a new set of cloud security standards, Salesforce announced today that its cloud offerings are Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-ready.
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Chief privacy officers are common in the commercial world and at the agency level. Is there a role for a statewide CPO?
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As chief information security officer for the state, Avakian is aligning with nationwide security initiatives, putting them in place to build momentum at the state level.
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The county already requires that workers' laptops be encrypted, but after a recent break-in, supervisors voted to extend that policy to also encrypt all county departments’ computer workstation hard drives.
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States are tightening verification, the feds are funding pilots and privacy advocates are worried.
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Five years ago, people didn't understand the need for secure devices; now audiences everywhere nod their heads in approval when the topic is broached.
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While the alleged hackers no doubt targeted Pittsburgh companies because they compete with China, in doing so they stumbled on the center of the cyber security universe, according to an FBI official.
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The smartphone industry has volunteered to install technology in new phones that would allow consumers to opt in for a kill switch, but some advocates say it's not enough.
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Those who shared confidential information via the phishing scam are advised to alert credit bureaus, file a police report and alert their main financial institutions.
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Google's search engine accessed the names and Social Security numbers of students' whose information was inadvertently posted on the Internet.
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The Metcalf incident is a wake-up call for better critical infrastructure protection.
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A speaker from the National Institute of Standards and Technology unveiled new computer security guidelines and explained the need for a security expert in both the public and private sectors.
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Potential security challenges are a recent land occupation in Sao Paulo, where as many as 5,000 people are squatting within sight of the new Corinthians stadium, and continuing violence in some Rio shantytowns that are in the process of being "pacified' by security forces.
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A group that called itself Team Digi7al gained access to multiple confidential computer systems, including a Department of Homeland Security database.
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IT governance and cybersecurity are two of the most critical issues in government, which is why Los Angeles is combining them in its new cyber command center.
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