Cybersecurity

Multifactor authentication is a key part of zero-trust security, and a method promoted by the likes of CISA. It aims to block out hackers who — in this age of data breaches — manage to steal users’ passwords.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General shows that Baltimore fell victim to a phishing scam last year when a hacker posed as a city vendor. Since the scam, new cyber policies have been established.

Luke Stowe, CIO for Evanston, Ill., gained a new title at the beginning of this month: acting deputy city manager. Government Technology spoke to Stowe about what this extra role means for him and his city.

Adopting a zero-trust approach has helped the courts secure remote and hybrid operations and limit how much damage a potential hacker could wreak, says New Jersey Judiciary CIO Jack McCarthy.

Classes are proceeding as scheduled, but the Washington institution's local servers, website and campus WiFi are down, and officials are unsure whether confidential personal data was compromised.

The Identity Theft Resource Center's 2021 annual report shows a 68 percent increase in data compromises compared to 2020. The report also says ransomware may soon supplant phishing as the dominant cyber attack.

OPSWAT has signed a long-term lease at SkyCenter One, the new office building at Tampa International Airport, where more than 100 employees will occupy 31,660 square feet on the top floor of the new building.

According to the Washington Department of Licensing, hackers indeed stole Social Security numbers and other personal data from at least 650,000 individuals through a data breach that might have occurred late January.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced plans to review the extent of the vulnerabilities detailed in a confidential report on Georgia's voting touchscreens.

Increasing in frequency and complexity, cyber attacks on K-12 schools have major implications for teaching and learning, school budgets, parent communication, and the protection of sensitive personal data.

The university joins over 300 others across the U.S. as part of an ongoing initiative by the National Security Agency to promote cybersecurity education amid a rise in cyber attacks in both the public and private sectors.

Zero trust contrasts with a “castle and moat” approach to cybersecurity thinking, and recognizes that use of remote workforces and cloud services means there’s no longer a clear perimeter to defend.

According to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report that examines the total amount of money lost to scammers last year, more than one-quarter of scammed people were duped on social media.

The new Texas Manufacturing x Transformation Hub will train IT professionals to protect networks used by manufacturers, where autonomous technologies and other digital tools will present new cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Open source software underpins the nation’s digital infrastructure, Apache President David Nalley told senators. But efforts to keep it safe and patched need a boost — and the federal government can help.

The Gula Tech Foundation awarded the Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory, whose “capture the flag” competitions challenge high school or college students to use hacking tools and coding skills to solve puzzles.

A recent data cybersecurity breach of the voting software company EasyVote Solutions has now exposed Georgia voters’ registration information on the Internet, the company confirmed Tuesday.

The personal data of more than 250,000 licensed professionals in Washington may have made it to the "dark web," where identity thieves gather information to enact their various schemes.