Cybersecurity
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Jennifer Pittman-Leeper is GovRAMP’s new field CISO, which is an advisory role. Meanwhile, the nonprofit organization has now added North Carolina to the states that it provides cybersecurity guidance. -
A Chicago-area elementary school technology director recently spoke about the most vulnerable spots in school districts, the rising use of deepfakes, and the growing sophistication of email phishing attempts.
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Internet services are still down at City Hall and other departments nearly a week after officials uncovered the attempted incident. Residents are unlikely to notice significant disruptions, officials said.
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Power utilities' cybersecurity practices may be effective, but need to evolve over time. And all companies operating elements of the grid — even the small ones — should step up.
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Rep. Giovanni Capriglione’s bills focus on cybercriminals and studying how to increase cybersecurity.
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Governors from several states discussed what is at risk and the steps being taken to defend their systems during the National Governors Association winter meeting.
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IBM says its supercomputer Watson can help give analysts an edge in the cybersecurity war. But not everyone is convinced artificial intelligence is the solution.
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Four states have signed Criminal Justice Information Services agreements with Amazon Web Services, but Tuesday's "high error rates" at Simple Storage Service appear to have left public agencies that use AWS Cloud unscathed.
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As the popularity of ride-share services continues to grow, California governments are looking into how these companies manage passenger security.
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machine learning, as well as improvements in sensors that measure our lives and actions with precision, may change the way humans interact not only with phones and websites, but maybe the world at large.
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The more valuable information is put on systems, whether it’s control systems, databases or email systems, the more someone will go through nefarious means to get it.
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The forensic lab, which will house six or seven technicians, provides a place where San Luis Obispo County, Calif., law enforcement can collaborate to solve difficult — perhaps even previously unsolvable — cases.
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In order to play offensively, managers and IT leaders must come up with a standardized code for how Internet-connected devices are set up.
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An independent investigation revealed that senior company executives knew the firm had suffered a major hack in 2014 but failed to properly investigate it.
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The attack, which sent disabling software to computers throughout the network, was discovered early on the morning of Friday, March 3.
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Twenty-nine pages of emails from Pence's AOL account were released to the Star by the office of the current governor, Republican Eric Holcomb.
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Companies are now preparing to start selling technology to identify people in myriad ways.
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There always will be weak links in cybersecurity, but finding out about threats and responding quickly are key.
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Cyberattacks could pave the way to war through inroads into a country's infrastructure or financial system.
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According to one Web app security company, 99 percent of tested Web apps used by both the public- and private-sector are vulnerable.
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While blockchain technology doesn't have the highest profile among senior executives, those government and business leaders who do understand it have big plans for putting it to use.
