Cybersecurity

In a new report, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers proposes cybersecurity training for incarcerated people could enable them to more easily find work once released — addressing an acute staffing shortage.

State officials in Kansas have continued to modernize technology platforms and improve cybersecurity, even as they spearheaded a recovery from a 2023 ransomware attack against the judicial system.

The state Department of Environmental Quality is probing a cyber attack nearly a month ago. An outside contractor is assisting in a digital forensic investigation; its exact timeline is not yet clear.

Driven by the largest donation in the university's history, the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing will focus on the intersection of AI and cybersecurity and meeting workforce needs.

The March incident, which compromised information belonging to at least 10 people, was a ransom attack, the county said in a statement. The local government declined attackers’ demand and took systems offline.

Several summer internship programs through the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell will age-appropriate lessons about the basics and importance of cybersecurity.

James Saunders, an experienced cybersecurity executive with time in the private and federal sectors, has been named the state’s acting chief information security officer, after its former CISO departed.

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers held their 2025 Midyear Conference this past week in Philadelphia. Here are some trends, highlights and insights.

Courtrooms have stayed open and judicial proceedings have gone forward following the attack detected early Monday. But systems across the sheriff’s and circuit clerk’s offices and at the courthouse were forced offline.

Online crime cost Hawaii residents $55 million last year with people age 60 and over losing more than $18 million, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2024 Internet Crime Report.

Through Maryland’s Cyber Workforce Accelerator program, students at 16 community colleges across the state have access to the Cyber Series 3000, allowing them to build cybersecurity skills in simulated scenarios.

The county sheriff’s website came back online Monday, after a cybersecurity event prompted its shutdown in mid-April. The Sheriff’s Office has worked with a cyber defense company to restore systems.

CISO, New Hampshire

At the NASCIO 2025 Midyear Conference in Philadelphia, state tech leaders talked about how to grow AI while also defending it from attack. The commonwealth of Massachusetts offers an instructive example.

The proposed legislation, which would create a state cyber command in San Antonio to securitize against cyber attacks, easily won the approval of state Representatives. It heads next to the state Senate for consideration.

The ransomware incident has forced county officials to take offline systems belonging to the sheriff’s office, the circuit clerk’s office and the courthouse. The incident came to light around 2:30 a.m. Monday.

A private university in Michigan will offer a Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity degree, achievable with 90 credits and developed by the university's experts in management information systems and cybersecurity.

At a recent hearing on cybersecurity organized by the sheriff of Bucks County, Pa., authorities discussed how organized groups of cyber criminals are attacking American youth with sextortion.