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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Additional authentication gives Colorado confidence that its cloud-based email deployment meets federal data security requirements.
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A campaign spanning five years, dubbed Operation "Red October," aimed to illegally obtain sensitive information from key government sources across the globe.
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The $388 billion cybercrime business is now as large as the international illegal drug trade, and brings threats of foreign espionage.
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The increase in cybersecurity attacks and threats sparks conversation among IT experts who are calling for a national cyberdoctrine.
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As Windows tech support scams became increasingly common, investigators at the Federal Trade Commission began setting traps that eventually led to legal action.
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Two types of free technical crime reporting tools are available to businesses and consumers: an online module and more recently, a native app for mobile devices.
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If successful, a continuous monitoring project at the White House could lay the foundation for additional operational changes in federal agencies.
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Though unlikely, an Internet blackout in the U.S. like the recent abrupt outage in Syria could result in destruction fit for a Hollywood movie.
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A security breach that cost the state $14 million and compromised personal data of millions of residents also cost one official his job.
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A Senate bill originally touted as a guardian of American privacy has been rewritten to allow federal agencies access to Internet accounts without a warrant.
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Amid cybersecurity bills in Congress and talk of a presidential executive order, a study conducted in 2007, but only recently released, found that much of the nation's power grid is vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
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The range, opened on Nov. 9, trains cybersecurity professionals in detecting and preventing cyberattacks in a real-world setting.
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Virginia CIO Sam Nixon discusses cybersecurity challenges and new technology that is helping protect information.
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Only 24 percent of chief information security officers are very confident in their states’ ability to guard data against external threats.
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The Center for Digital Government’s Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards recognize the efforts of government and education agencies to keep confidential data secure despite evolving threats.
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In the war on cybercrime, the nonprofit information sharing group may be state and local government’s secret weapon.
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