Cybersecurity

Two years in, the relatively young IT agency is working to build a team, build trust and build up, says CIO Jamie Grant. The process has required a significant shift away from "business as usual."

This week, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order that establishes a new Cybersecurity Planning Committee to guide the state. The group will include officials from state, local and tribal government.

A group of technology-related bills were recently signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as the deadline to sign or veto legislation nears. The bills, now law, ranged from cybersecurity and transportation to electronic prescription drug tracking.

The new state magnet school will serve as a technical education hub for students pursuing careers in the technology and cybersecurity space. The 26-acre campus is housed in Huntsville’s Cummings Research Park.

Albany State University is partnering with IBM to create the Cybersecurity Leadership Center where students will have access to the company's software, immersive training courses and certifications.

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The recently announced funds will be used to expand cybersecurity and IT education programs across the state to help grow the state's high-tech workforce. The money is part of a larger $30 million workforce training push.

City officials in Wheat Ridge, Colo., have decided not to pay the $5 million ransom demanded by the cyber criminals that breached city systems Aug. 29. The attack forced the closure of City Hall for more than a week.

The North Carolina company has partnered with hundreds of school districts and thousands of schools, helping them take their records management systems from hard copies and filing cabinets to a more secure digital space.

CSC 2.0, the successor to the Congress-backed Cybersecurity Solarium Commission, has released its first annual assessment since becoming part of a D.C. think tank, marking progress on dozens of federal cyber policies.

The cybercriminals responsible for the Sept. 3 attack against Los Angeles Unified School District systems are now making ransom demands. Officials said they do not believe student Social Security numbers were accessed.

The South Redford School District has canceled classes for the second day in a row following a cyber attack against its computer system. Cyber attacks against school networks are only expected to increase through 2023.

The company believes the hack, which took place Thursday, stemmed from a compromised company contractor's account, company officials explained in a public statement Monday morning.

A report on ed-tech practices at more than 100 U.S. K-12 school districts found that app use has proliferated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, creating more data privacy considerations.

The Dixon and Sterling school districts alerted parents and teachers to communications disruptions caused by a “credential stuffing” cyber attack on the widely used messaging app Seesaw last week.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed one piece of tech legislation into law and has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the other bills that have cleared the statehouse, including several related to IT and cybersecurity.

White House efforts to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce nationwide took several new steps forward over the past few months.