Cybersecurity

Previously both CIO and CISO for Dallas, Brian Gardner has been heading cybersecurity in Austin since May. Here he explains the challenges of navigating a new city as well as emerging threats like data poisoning.

A Michigan school district is the latest to join a federal class-action lawsuit against the cloud software company PowerSchool, alleging the company did not take sufficient precautions to protect student data.

Partnerships with Cisco and SHI International Corp. will bring enterprise tools and competition events to students in New Jersey City University's Department of Professional Security Studies.

A cybersecurity initiative and a collaborative electronic health record are among the endeavors the state will work on, with $500 million from the federal government. It will receive the money over a five-year period.

The state has purchased a whole-of-state paid membership, records show, and all services are now available for agencies and organizations across the state, including public schools.

By combining their cybersecurity services in a joint Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC), western Michigan school districts estimate they will save millions of dollars over the next four years.

An after-action report from the Nevada Governor’s Technology Office says a spoofed website and search engine optimization poisoning led to the ransomware attack that shut down government offices in late August.

With the average cost of breaches on the rise, cybersecurity must be regarded like any other disaster, according to the Local Government Cybersecurity Alliance. Residual costs of incidents must be accounted for, a co-founder said.

School administrators and cybersecurity experts held a conference in Charlottesville recently to learn from each other and discuss how their school divisions and agencies are working to fend off future cyber attacks.

Cyber criminals who stole data from the University of Pennsylvania wrote an email crudely criticizing its admissions, alleging the university "love[s] legacies, donors, and unqualified affirmative action admits."

As state and local agencies worry about cybersecurity budget cuts and increased attacks, public officials and researchers try to build a network to boost digital defenses. Leaders of the effort discuss their aims.

The University of Texas at San Antonio's Cyber Range is part of the city's $200 million Ready to Work program, but only 316 of 741 people who've completed the IT or cybersecurity training have gotten jobs in the industry.

Leaders from the University of Kentucky and Lipscomb University said cyber insurance is not a one-size-fits-all process, and communication with insurers is key to making coverage work with institutional needs.

A recent Amazon Web Services report points to continued global cloud growth across sectors, with security, compliance and cost ranking among the key factors shaping adoption.

An additional layer of tech is helping the state’s Employment Development Department, targeted by fraudsters during the COVID-19 pandemic, smooth out identity verification and make defenses harder to penetrate.

School officials say students are improving their skills at open source intelligence gathering, steganography and network traffic analysis through an annual cybersecurity competition at Danville Community College, Va.

As we enter the holiday shopping season, more people are using AI tools and tips to shop for deals and protect themselves online. Here’s how.

Starting in February, CyberCorps program recruits received cancellation notices for work offers at agencies like NASA, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Contract Management Agency.