Cybersecurity
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While overall ransomware attack numbers remained steady, higher education institutions drove a sharp rise in exposed records, fueled in part by third-party software vulnerabilities. -
To guard against phishing-based ransomware attacks, the state is outfitting 161 of its jurisdictions and other public-sector organizations with hardware-based protection. And it's not alone.
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Gov. Tim Walz has authorized $1.2 million in state emergency disaster assistance to address a cybersecurity incident that disrupted digital services in St. Paul for several weeks this summer.
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Two of the servers have been separated to prevent them from both crashing in the event of an electronic attack.
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Though more people are using government services, the increase hasn't been in conducting transactions with governments online.
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The suspect, who allegedly broke into about 100 military networks, could be indicted on Tuesday.
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At issue is whether states' implementations of Internet registries of registered sex offenders violate those offenders' rights.
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The man allegedly penetrated 92 separate networks across 14 states over twelve months.
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The Streamlined Sales Tax Project reaches a major milestone, though 10 states must still enact legislation based on the SSTP for the agreement to go national.
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Will geospatial Web applications change the way local governments present information to the public?
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention propose a plan for tracking airline passengers electronically to contain the spread of infectious diseases.
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Virginia public schools will be required to teach students about Internet safety under a new state law.
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Internet filtering not only protects organizations against major Internet-based security threats, but also eliminates productivity concerns
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Exposure occurs despite federal and state privacy laws and on-going publicity about the risks of identity theft, says firm
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Infringes on user privacy; causes system slowdowns, crashes
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"The growing trend of more targeted attacks was something we started to see in 2005 and we're continuing to see it gain momentum and also increase in sophistication"
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Companies and governments need more visibility into their operations to better plan ahead and more effectively manage risk
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed federal court complaints charging five Web-based operations that have obtained and sold consumers' confidential telephone records to third parties with violating federal law
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"The voter-verified paper trail requirement ensures that election officials have a meaningful, independent audit trail to use when they publicly verify the vote"
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Not many consumers know about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), a wireless technology that allows objects and people to be tagged and tracked
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Seeks information and comments to prevent misuse
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