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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The airports are replacing their identification card reader systems and prepping security infrastructure for an eventual upgrade to biometric-based identification.
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What do Snoop Dogg, Drake and the West Virginia chief information security officer have in common?
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Government agencies can maintain security but still avoid being no-fun zones.
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Web-based intrusions have increased 90 percent since 2009, and nation is cyberattacked thousands of times each day.
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Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., asked the Federal Trade Commission for a report on the security impacts of facial recognition technology.
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Mark Weatherford, former cybersecurity chief for California and Colorado, is named to new DHS post.
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Last week’s bust of a worldwide credit card fraud ring reminds government that it too must be vigilant to protect payment information.
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The Michigan Cyber-Command Center will be directed by the Michigan State Police from within the state’s Emergency Operations Center.
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Security expert Mark Russinovich talks about the complexities and ambiguities of cyber-warfare and cyber-terrorism.
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State CTO Dan Lohrmann will lead new organization as Michigan’s Chief Security Officer.
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The configurations and controls required by FISMA Moderate are “extensive,” according to Amazon, and include third-party audits and process documentation.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. must do more to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of internal financial systems and information.
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Identity Finder Web search found documents exposing 300,000 Californians’ names and Social Security numbers.
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The activist group Anonymous planned to hold another live demonstration the evening of Monday, Aug. 22, at the Civic Center in San Francisco to protest Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)’s decision to turn off underground cellular service on Aug. 11 to thwart protest organizers.
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will be upgrading existing video surveillance cameras for 358 buses, including adding the ability to have real-time monitoring.
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The city deployed a third-party software add-on for Google Apps for Government that allows IT administrators to see exactly what users are sharing in the cloud.
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Tresh’s main responsibilities will be setting up information security, privacy and data protection policy for the state.
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A survey of 100 apps found that many are storing a high percentage of unencrypted personal data, making mobile devices a more attractive target for identity thieves and hackers.
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