Cybersecurity
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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. -
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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Government Technology examines three cloud-based file storage offerings for their usability in government agencies.
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Privacy advocates fear sharing confidential information will lead to abuse.
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Spam and newly discovered vulnerabilities decreased in 2011, according to Symantec’s annual threat report, as cybercriminals focus on social networks.
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Are iPads and iPhones ideal for government settings?
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The university’s team scores top honors out of 10 regional competitors in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio, Texas.
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America needs to upgrade its risk management processes for cybersecurity, ex-White House staffer says.
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To prevent employers from asking employees and job applicants to surrender their social media user names and passwords, Maryland passes a bill to make the practice illegal.
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Eastern European hackers stole personal information for as many as one in four Utah residents.
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Governments can take advantage of a vendor collaboration that will provide cybersecurity solutions and training at lower costs.
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Annual contest pits student teams against one another to manage and protect existing network infrastructure from cyberattacks.
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Storage devices lost in the mail are not believed to have been accessed or misused, officials said.
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Utah makes guide for state workers to offer support, guidance on bring-your-own devices.
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The ex-chief financial officer of Florida’s Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District was arrested for allegedly hacking into the district’s computer system.
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But there’s scant evidence so far to substantiate security vulnerabilities in the cloud, according to a new analysis by Verizon.
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The hottest topics from the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
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A candidate for student body president of a California public university has been arrested on felony charges related to election fraud.
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Industry representatives discuss future cyberthreats and their possible impacts at the RSA Conference.
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The Pennsylvania school district notorious for a webcam misstep doesn't want others to make its same mistakes.
