Cybersecurity

The $5 million deal, involving a U.A.E.-based company, is focused on tech for extracting data from devices' volatile memory. That will help police and companies investigate digital evidence as well as cyber attacks.

Log4Shell, Microsoft Exchange and several patchable flaws top the list of 2021’s most commonly exploited vulnerabilities. The lesson may be a well-worn one: patch systems promptly or work with partners that can.

Joe Cicero spent much of his career in the classroom before joining Microsoft to evangelize the benefits of remote device management for schools. Here he discusses all the new ways schools have found to make tech work.

States still don’t know how much cyber crime actually occurs or how residents are trying to protect themselves. A research team in Virginia is hoping to fill in the knowledge gap with a newly launched study.

In the wake of a ransomware attack that shut down its network in November, Lewis and Clark Community College is working with Experian IdentityWorks to provide students with one year of credit monitoring.

At the NASCIO Midyear Conference this week, Texas Chief Information Officer Amanda Crawford outlined some of the state's most significant cybersecurity initiatives now underway.

A press conference lasting less than 10 minutes was held Friday to address the April 16 cyber attack, but it remains unclear if any data was breached or when all city services will come back online.

Criminals are using stolen information to imitate the police and scam both companies and individuals. Here’s what you need to know.

Kirk Herath has been appointed Cybersecurity Strategic Advisor, a new position announced this week by Gov. Mike DeWine. Herath currently serves as the chairman of CyberOhio, a state cybersecurity advisory board.

With grant funding through VICEROY, a handful of universities in Massachusetts, Arizona, South Carolina and Texas will give students online access to cybersecurity classes to train more professionals for the industry.

A survey by the Consortium for School Networking found many K-12 technologists regard cybersecurity as their top priority, yet they rate common threats as low- or medium-risk, and many don't have specialized staff.

About four months after a ransomware attack forced partial closure and halted many of its operations, Bernalillo County, N.M., has now adopted a new 11-page cybersecurity policy designed to help.

On this week’s episode of “In Case You Missed It,” the crew talks with Google Cloud’s Quinn Chasan about how adopting AI has become easier than many in the public sector realize — and how it’s already helping them.

The city of Owensboro in Kentucky lost its email capabilities last year due to a cyber attack, and a vendor recently stopped a series of attempted attacks. As such, the city will continue to invest in cyber.

IoT systems with ever-changing attack surfaces are susceptible to various cyber threats. This article explores the security risks inherent with IoT technologies and describes the measures Hayden AI is taking to safeguard its AI-powered mobility solutions.

After a Zoom Bible study class in San Francisco was bombarded with pornography, some of which included exploitation of children, Zoom has been on the receiving end of severe legal scrutiny.

Last week, Vinod Brahmapuram joined IT company Lumen as senior director of security focused on SLED markets. He recently caught up with GovTech about top cybersecurity concerns facing agencies.

Even with new protections, heightened awareness and information-sharing across all levels of government, widespread skepticism about election integrity makes a potential Russian cyberattack more concerning, experts warn.