Cybersecurity

The Washington state courts network remains offline more than a week after officials found “unauthorized activity.” The administrative courts office took it down Nov. 4 “out of an abundance of caution” and leaders are hopeful it can be restored next week.

Election officials and law enforcement worked together to fend off Election Day threats, with a new tactic emerging: hoax bomb threats made against polling sites with the aim to disrupt voting.

A Veterans Affairs office in Atlanta that determines health-care coverage for veterans failed to encrypt the records of more than 3 million people and ran outdated computer programs, according to an audit.

State CIO Matthew McCarville said he believes the state’s information technology reorganization and modernization efforts have laid the foundation for innovation, capacity building and cost savings.

The annual Cyber Security Summit in Minneapolis recognized the University of Wisconsin-Stout's Holly Yuan with the Visionary Academic Leadership Award for her work building the university's cybersecurity program.

Gen Z experiences a significantly higher level of exposure to technology compared with when Generation X or millennials were the same age, and researchers are seeing two points of interest related to crime.

To reduce risks, cybersecurity insurers have often raised premiums, asked for more information about applicants and tightened the sublimits on the kinds of cyber incident coverage they offer.

More than 2,500 applicants applied for funding through the Federal Communications Commission’s three-year Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, which will fund expenses like firewalls and endpoint detection.

The Information Technology Department is looking to increase its budget by $2 million, or 11.6 percent, which would include adding one IT staffer each to the Clerk and Prosecutor’s offices. Also included is replacing hundreds of employee laptop computers.

Experts warned media outlets that artificial intelligence would wreak havoc on the 2024 election by manipulating the truth and confusing voters. So far, it appears some of the concern was overblown.

Several recent studies highlight what is happening in the public and private sectors regarding artificial intelligence initiatives, along with detailing barriers and cybersecurity challenges to address.

Assistant CISO Seema Patel is taking over that top tech job. Godsey accepted the appointment in 2019 and has won praise for his efforts to boost cybersecurity for the fourth-largest county in the U.S.

Cybersecurity is around-the-clock work, but panelists at the Southern Florida Digital Government Summit offered several ideas for keeping operations secure. Generative artificial intelligence, one official said, is moving humans away from operations.

Proposed rule changes at East Baton Rouge Schools would bar users from sharing photos of students and staff, limit which search engines and devices can be used on the district network, and bar VPNs on school grounds.

Montgomery County’s Information and Technology Solutions Department thwarted attempts of cyber attacks from other countries during the 2024 general election, a Montgomery County election board official reports.

An advanced computer science course at Amador Valley High School in California gives students hands-on experience with emerging technologies. One project challenged them to create an AI-powered fact-checker.

The director of the sector’s ISAC spoke recently about ransomware and other threats. Plus, a tabletop exercise revealed ways to improve public and private response to a major attack on the sector.

The director of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency cautioned Monday this election cycle has seen an “unprecedented amount” of false information. That includes content from foreign adversaries designed to undermine the nation’s democracy.