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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New data from Government Technology's online community of senior-level IT professionals from state and local government.
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Blair urges policymakers to draft rules against disclosure by groups like WikiLeaks.
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Preventing and fighting cybersecurity threats could include high school and college dropouts, says IT and homeland security panel.
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FBI Director Robert Mueller anticipates cyberattacks will soon be the biggest threat to the U.S.
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The Colorado, Michigan and Texas IT czars give their thoughts on state IT projects and future challenges facing public technology professionals.
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Government Technology’s Top 25 honors innovators in the public sector.
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The Obama administration wants to work with Congress to pass new privacy legislation.
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Sen. John McCain vows alternative legislation to the Cybersecurity Act of 2012.
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New list uncovers top-50 cities with the most risk factors for online security issues.
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Hacker group “Anonymous” accesses personal information on state and local law enforcement computers.
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3 tips for getting the go-ahead on security projects.
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Survey: More than half of cybersecurity experts around the globe think an arms race is taking place in cyberspace.
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Site could be affected for several more days.
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A former hacker shares just how vulnerable local governments are to attacks on their systems — and how they can better protect themselves.
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Federal Trade Commissioner urges corporate data collectors to make their policies more transparent ahead of Data Privacy Day.
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The DNSViz tool creates graphs of network connections that helps viewers identify security vulnerabilities in domain name system connections.
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YouTube modifies its terms of service agreement to better protect state government agencies.
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Nick Urick, regional vice president of F5 Networks, discusses the strategies and technologies government should use to withstand today’s evolving cyberthreats.
