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.
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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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Whether the result of human error, insider espionage, or external attacks, no sector has been spared by these breaches, including government agencies. And for government organizations, the impact of these compromises ranges from the disruption of operations, to embarrassing disclosures, to national security risks
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A new study by the Radicati Group finds strong growth especially amongst email security appliances and managed security service
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"The law presumes that Legislative documents are not subject to Freedom of Information Laws, specifically listing only those documents that are public information"
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"As the technology and tactics used by cyber criminals improves, we must work to stay a step ahead"
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Majority of American consumers do not want US companies sharing personal information with outsourcing companies overseas.
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"We disagree with the conclusion that RFID is inappropriate for use in individual identification programs"
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Goal to improve the accuracy of the state's Qualified Voter File (QVF), which was created in 1998 as the first statewide voter database of its kind in the nation
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Out of 250 million wage reports the Social Security Administration (SSA) receives each year, as many as ten percent belong to employees whose names don't match their Social Security numbers.
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Wire fraud carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The computer hacking violation - fraud and related activity in connection with computers - carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
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"Our vision was to do more with less by using self-managing technology that would take the pressure off of our IT staff and our limited budget"
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"Now, whenever we buy servers, they're just boot servers -- and we add whatever storage we want to the storage pool"
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Only 22 percent have implemented a storage security solution
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Could stall Internet innovation, introduce new cyber security concerns, and expose unsuspecting Americans to law enforcement surveillance
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Perhaps it is time to upgrade our technology
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Pledges to take "every possible action"
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FDIC will hold a symposium on the importance of continued consumer confidence in e-commerce
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Party Access in Manatee County allows anyone who is a party to a civil or family law case the ability to track their case progress and view images of court documents online
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Identity theft, fraud and other cyber crime is a constant threat to businesses and government, and costs of attacks are believed to exceed $100 billion per year
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