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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The group Cyber.org recently expanded its Project REACH program to more schools, as it looks to help create a more diverse cyber career pipeline. Many students are simply unaware of the career potential in the industry.
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Rides on the region's paratransit van service Call-A-Ride were canceled early Saturday after a cyber attack on Metro Transit left the agency unable to contact customers or access the scheduling system.
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The state’s share of a $49.5 million settlement with a software company Blackbaud Inc. over its data security practices and response to a 2020 breach will be nearly $1.3 million, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.
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Joining the Center for Digital Education this fall as a Senior Fellow, Dr. Monica Goldson reflects on her time at Maryland’s second-largest district and stresses the importance of keeping up with AI and cybersecurity.
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The state security operations center will now assist municipalities during cyber incidents. The state is also expanding its SOC/Range Initiative to give higher ed students hands-on experience defending local government.
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This recent evolution of general tech support scams is on the rise nationwide and is disproportionately affecting older people, according to a recent public service announcement from the FBI.
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In a post-COVID environment, maintaining a cohesive culture of teamwork — and cybersecurity — can be a challenge, but there are strategies leaders can use ensure staff stay engaged.
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Police officials say the more than three dozen Flock Safety cameras placed throughout the city will help identify criminal suspects by capturing license plate information at major intersections.
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Governments and political actors around the world, in democracies and autocracies, are using AI to generate texts, images and video to manipulate public opinion in their favor and automatically censor critical content.
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After a costly cyber attack on the local government in Brown County, S.D., in 2021, the state’s Committee on County Funding and Services is stressing how important it is budget-wise to invest in cybersecurity.
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From revisiting the effectiveness of passwords to exploring what cyber response can learn from emergency management, our annual cybersecurity issue digs into what it takes to keep government secure in 2023.
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From strengthening public safety to improving staff morale and productivity, combining artificial intelligence with automation is an effective way to bolster cybersecurity for state and local government agencies.
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Scammers are impersonating technology, banking and government officials in a complex ruse aimed at convincing a typically older victim that foreign hackers have infiltrated their financial accounts.
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National Security Agency Director Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone has announced the creation of a new entity designed to oversee development of artificial intelligence in U.S. national security systems.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s new public safety campaign is trying to raise the national cyber posture by offering short, simple tips to all users.
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Federal officials have released the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program notice of funding opportunity, and all federally recognized tribes can now apply for money to help improve their cyber postures.
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With the help of an outside firm investigating, the university learned in July that, as far back as 2021, a hacker accessed some 7 million Social Security numbers of applicants, students and employees dating to 1989.
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South Florida is known as the fraud epicenter of the United States, and Fort Lauderdale certainly realized that last week when $1.2 million in taxpayer money fell into the hands of scammers.
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