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Professional Development and Leadership
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Dustin Volz, Yahoo News
U.S. federal, state and local government agencies rank in last place in cyber security when compared against 17 major private industries, including transportation, retail and healthcare, according to a new report released Thursday. Visit https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-government-worse-major-industries-cyber-security-report-164546513.html?ref=gs to view the full article online. |
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Kevin C. DeSouza, Government Technology
With public-sector information-technology projects at any level of government, one does not have to look too far to find examples of waste and worse. Visit http://www.govtech.com/opinion/The-Default-for-Government-IT-Should-be-Open-and-Frugal.html to view the full article online. |
Geek's Corner
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Danny Palmer, ZD Net
Ransomware has replaced advanced persistent threat (APT) network attacks as the most problematic cyberthreat -- and early indications suggest that they'll be the main problem for 2016 as a whole, cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky Lab have warned. Visit http://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-is-now-the-top-cybersecurity-threat-warns-kaspersky/ to view the full article online. |
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Andy Matarrese, The Columbian
Michael Hamilton was the CIO for the city of Seattle when he noticed the city’s security systems had snagged a booby-trapped email. Visit http://www.govtech.com/security/Local-Governments-Attractive-Targets-for-Cybercriminals.html to view the full article online. |