Cybersecurity

Coming to IT from the field of archaeology about 20 years ago, the University of Arizona's CISO Lanita Collette has prioritized human-centered organization, training and effective management in cybersecurity.

The auditor of Clark County, Wash., is experiencing greater pressure to ensure fair elections, so computers have been put in cages, locks have been put on USB ports, and more people have been trained to be observers.

In 2020, ransomware criminals made 300 percent more money than they did in 2019. The first step to slowing down this trend is to stop making ransom payments, but organizations should improve their cyber defenses as well.

State and local governments are set to receive billions if the legislation passes, including funding to support cybersecurity, broadband, transit, roads, water and more. Here are the details.

The council has been evolving since its launch via executive order in 2016, and a new law ensures the entity sticks around long-term. CIO Denis Goulet explains how the council vets policy ideas and engages with agencies.

Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa this fall is offering an associate's degree of applied science in cybersecurity, hoping to fill the need for IT security in both private and public sectors.

Systems at seven federal agencies don’t comply with basic cybersecurity practices, exhibiting flaws they’ve had for years even though the agencies have been repeatedly told what they should do to improve.

In partnership with the University of Louisville and various other institutions nationwide, the college will offer a six-month course funded by the National Security Agency starting this fall.

Gov. Larry Hogan established the roles of state chief data officer and state chief privacy officer to improve data sharing, governance and insights while protecting residents' and organizations’ sensitive information.

State and federal funding for higher education has many administrators in a spending mood, but sometimes the most important conversations to have are the hard ones. Now is the time to plan for worst-case scenarios.

Some Illinois residents on unemployment have lost their checks to account hijackers. One security expert suggests the state should have had multifactor authentication in place years ago.

Security researchers from California-based company RiskIQ indicate that APT29, a state-sanctioned hacking group from Russia, is steadily targeting U.S. systems with malicious software.

With students returning to college campuses after a record-breaking year of cyber crimes against schools, the Better Business Bureau has recommendations for minimizing the risk of identity theft.

The Senate voted 67-32 to start official debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Although the bill is not fully written, passing this vote was key for the deal to move forward.

Fred Richardson, a councilman running for mayor in Mobile, Ala., refused to do cybersecurity training overseen by the city's mayor. After being locked out of his email, Richardson referenced Jim Crow.

Earlier this week, UC San Diego Health disclosed that it experienced a data breach between December 2020 and April 2021 that could have compromised sensitive patient information. The breach occurred through phishing.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has assembled a 15-member bipartisan task force to protect the state against cyber crime. The group, made up of government and private-sector reps, will submit its first report later this year.

During a Congressional hearing about the cybersecurity posture of the nation’s electric systems, federal officials shared practices that they believe are essential to preserving electricity across the states.