Cybersecurity
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Arizona CIO J.R. Sloan, co-founder of GovRAMP, has served as its board president since 2021. Now, Texas Chief AI and Innovation Officer Tony Sauerhoff will take on the leadership role. -
The county sheriff’s office has identified a “person of interest” as it investigates the incident, which led to an initial loss of $3.3 million. A payment of $1.2 million has been “recovered and restored.”
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CIO Shawnzia Thomas decodes why "cyber discipline" drives AI, modernization, and trust in Georgia’s 2026 tech agenda, and how cyber resilience is achievable through digital literacy and upskilling.
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Parts of the Washington Department of Transportation's website have been down since Tuesday following what officials described as a cybersecurity incident aimed at disrupting the flow of travel information.
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The City Council has approved two agreements totaling nearly $2.7 million to shore up the city’s IT security. The investment comes after two successful cyber attacks against the city and county governments.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants to make residents aware that members of Generation Z — those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s — are three times more likely to be victims of online scams.
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County officials are trying to determine whether the data that was stolen and leaked in October includes personal information about employees or residents. The ransomware group Play took credit for the Oct. 19 incident.
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Members of the community are encouraged to join a new program about cybersecurity awareness, specifically those who may not be aware of their digital risks or what to do about them.
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Following a cybersecurity incident, the online portals that are used to search court cases there have been down statewide, leaving attorneys and judges unable to access their own records.
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SponsoredSmart cities and cybersecurity are inseparable. When you start integrating the Internet of Things with infrastructure, a city cyber attack is, unfortunately, inevitable. But that doesn't mean it has to be successful.
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Amazon Web Services’ James Sipe will replace acting CISO Chris Dressler on Nov. 27. Sipe is the first permanent appointment to the role since the departure of longtime CISO Erik Avakian last year.
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The city is inviting the public — especially developers and security researchers — to use a new platform to securely report potential vulnerabilities that they discover in city-owned websites and systems.
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The National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security highlighted free cybersecurity resources for schools and explored how adults can work with children to address the mental health impacts of social media.
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Georgia senators pushed for answers about election security during a Senate Ethics Committee hearing this week, questioning why the state’s voting system won’t be upgraded until after the 2024 elections.
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It has been nearly three weeks since an unexplained security incident shuttered Kansas’ online court system, blocking public and internal access to an untold number of court cases and records.
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A new report finds America’s cybersecurity workforce grew 11 percent year over year. At the same time, the gap between available workers and organization needs also grew 17.6 percent in the same period.
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A new framework for improving K-12 cybersecurity, based on standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, stands on five pillars: identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.
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On Monday, the county issued a response to a cyber hacking group’s post on the dark web that said it had stolen county data. Officials have since reported that IT staff interrupted the attempt to steal data.
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A week before Election Day, state elections officials say they haven't been able to convince three Washington counties to install a security device that monitors county network traffic for threats.
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Dallas County, Texas, may be the latest victim in a string of local cyber attacks after a ransomware group claimed on the dark web over the weekend that it has obtained county information.
