The President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) made a broad call last week for the creation of a National Water Strategy to ensure the nation can deliver sustainable critical infrastructure systems that are responsive to cyber threats.
The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) is pushing state residents to monitor and protect their identities as the department continues to respond to a May 2023 third-party cyberattack.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs sent a letter to Arizona Department of Education Superintendent Tom Horne requesting detailed plans for protecting the personal data of Arizona students and families following a data breach that impacted students.
Faced with increasing cyberattacks on K-12 schools, the Biden-Harris administration today unveiled several government actions to help bolster their cyber defenses, along with numerous commitments from private-sector organizations that aim for the same result.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state’s first-ever cybersecurity strategy aimed at protecting digital infrastructure from cyber threats.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that $374.9 million in grant funding is available for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP).
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program has renewed funding for seven academic institutions, providing more than $24 million over the next four years to support the development of a robust and resilient cybersecurity workforce.
Cyberattacks on the Federal government and industry tend to dominate headlines and the public discourse. Yet state and local governments are increasingly in the cyber crosshairs as well: 97 percent of local government IT executives listed cybersecurity as a key priority for the current fiscal year, a recent survey found.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is urging fellow agency commissioners to support a proposal that would take additional steps to enhance cybersecurity protections for K-12 school networks.
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has confirmed that one of its data servers experienced a data breach as part of a global cybersecurity attack targeting MOVEit software.
