Cybersecurity
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State leaders prioritized AI advancement in 2025; CIO Alberto Gonzalez said it will help support being efficient and improved service delivery for residents. Onboarding staff has been greatly quickened. -
What cyber trends and predictions are coming for 2026? Here’s your annual security industry prediction report roundup for the new year, highlighting insights from the top vendors, publications and thought leaders.
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The local government was among many nationwide that were impacted by a cyber attack on the CodeRED platform. Its owner has transferred the county and other subscribers to a new system.
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In response to surging student interest, the University of Texas at San Antonio is creating a dedicated college to focus on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and other programs related to computing and data science.
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Freehold Township Schools in New Jersey were closed Monday after officials discovered a cybersecurity incident that did not appear to affect the regional school district. They declined to disclose further details.
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Election officials from 50 counties met with FBI and Homeland Security officials at a National Guard training center, running through scenarios and planning responses to what may happen in 2024.
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As Georgia introduces new legislation to address cyberbullying and regulate teenage social media use, other states with comparative laws are facing staunch legal challenges related to privacy.
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Cities hold enormous amounts of sensitive data, including information provided by residents when paying monthly bills, by applicants seeking permits, by employees receiving paychecks and more.
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As disinformation and misinformation spread ahead of the 2024 elections in November, libraries may be one of the few remaining institutions that Americans widely trust.
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Kansas State University has restored its email service, VPN and authenticated wireless services in the wake of a Jan. 14 cyber attack, although IT is fielding many tech support calls as all eID passwords must be reset.
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According to a survey by the school software company Clever, most K-12 administrators predict more cybersecurity spending in the near future, and most districts have cybersecurity insurance or are planning to acquire it.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation and other collaborating federal agencies are launching a national pilot to research, and ultimately bolster investment in, the area of artificial intelligence.
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Court officials anticipate having messy debates over whether evidence is authentic or fabricated, with deepfakes skewing jurors’ decisions and digital forensics analysts helping to find the truth.
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The U.S. General Services Administration has chosen to collaborate with four states to pilot a text notification platform geared toward enhancing internal and external communication surrounding federal benefits services.
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A public community college in Oregon took its systems offline and canceled classes early this week while working with law enforcement to investigate a cyber attack that officials discovered last Friday.
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Since Harvard University's president stepped down in the wake of a plagiarism scandal earlier this month, some educators worry that bad-faith actors will use AI to comb through records to gin up controversies.
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The goal of media literacy, sometimes called digital citizenship or information literacy, is to help students think critically about the news that is presented to them.
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In the falsified phone message, a voice that has been edited to sound like Biden urged voters in New Hampshire not to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
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The Affordable Connectivity Program provides financial assistance to help low-income Americans connect to the Internet. But, without new appropriations, the program will soon run out of money.
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University officials notified some current and former students, employees, applicants and contractors on Jan. 12 that a cyber criminal in August had briefly accessed files that included their personal information.
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A new report by the Consortium for School Networking on recent legislation passed by states indicates a 250 percent increase in the number of cybersecurity bills affecting education since 2020.
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