Cybersecurity
Feds plan new 'secure-by-design' guidance
The nation’s cyber defense agency is continuing to drive a major effort to shift security responsibilities from users to software providers.
As cyberattacks grow, cyber insurance is increasingly out of reach for many municipalities
Experts caution that governments need to recalibrate their cyber risk management approaches by emphasizing employee training and taking a whole-of-state approach.
States ramp up software security standards amid growing threats
Collaboration among states to tighten the security of cloud software is increasing under the nationwide program StateRAMP. Meanwhile, Texas is embracing its own certification effort after several high-profile cyber incidents.
Feds prioritizing on-site K-12 cybersecurity reviews this school year
The nation’s cyber defense agency is aiming to work with schools “where they’re at instead of where they should be.”
The fallout from the MOVEit hack continues as more agencies announce breaches
A Colorado health department said recently more than 4 million patients’ data had been accessed. But the real challenge awaits state and local governments as they look to patch vulnerabilities before more criminals exploit them.
Cyber grant program gets a big funding boost
Nearly $375 million, or double the amount of money as last year, has been allocated to a federal initiative looking to help state and local governments address cybersecurity risks.
Fighting election denial one community at a time
With the presidential election more than a year away, one former state senator is traveling across Wisconsin to prepare local election officials for skeptical voters by educating them on election processes and technologies.
An underused approach to fighting cyberattacks
The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center offers free services to help localities with cybersecurity. Why aren’t more governments using them?
Why computer security guidelines are so unclear
COMMENTARY | Cybersecurity guidelines are often riddled with excessive or confusing information, spurring a need for clearer instructions from trustworthy sources to better mitigate system vulnerabilities.
Public sector slow to respond to cyberattacks, report finds
It takes government agencies more than 225 days to identify a cyber threat and 92 days to contain it, but AI and automation could significantly reduce that time.
Agency execs strive to maintain modernization momentum
Government leaders want to keep up the pace of COVID-era innovation, but do so more securely, a new report finds.
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