Not all state TikTok bans are built equally
Nearly half of all states have banned TikTok from government use, only a few have extended those bans to other Chinese-owned tech companies.
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Cybersecurity
How Maryland’s bug bounty hackers found cyber vulnerabilities the state couldn’t
On the latest episode of StateScoop’s Priorities podcast, Maryland’s Senior Director of State Cybersecurity Lance Cleghorn talks about the state’s first bug bounty program, which saw white-hat hackers…
Election day ends with reports of vote counting tech challenges, text scams in several states
Election Day 2024 ended with tech issues, text message-based disinformation campaigns, printer issues and more physical security threats.
Passwords to voting machines in over half of Colorado counties were posted online before June primary
Partial passwords to voting equipment in half of Colorado counties were posted online in June, just days before the state's primary election.
New cyber scorecards monitor Maryland’s financial institutions
The Maryland Office of Financial Regulation announced SecurityScorecard, a new service designed to monitor threats to state financial institutions.
Many local cyber budgets sufficient to address threats, report shows
A growing majority of local government IT leaders say their cybersecurity funding is adequate to protect their agencies from threats.
Colorado voting system passwords were posted to secretary of state’s website
A spreadsheet containing passwords for Colorado's voting systems was on a publicly available website for several months.
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CISA launches new election threats webpage ahead of Election Day
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a new webpage designed to keep the public informed of threats facing elections.
AI, zero-trust and outages: CIOs say cybersecurity is getting harder
Between AI-powered cyberattacks and major service outages, marketing taglines about sophisticated adversaries have never been truer.
Columbus, Ohio’s messy ransomware saga underscores legal gray areas
Countless ransomware attacks against government agencies have followed a familiar pattern, but Columbus, Ohio's has been messier.
How U.S. water infrastructure became a ‘huge’ cyber target
Samuel Alva, a technical adviser with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says aiding thousands of water utilities is a "daunting" task.