Keeping elections safe, one audit at a time
Today marks the beginning of October, a month dedicated to the awareness of cybersecurity—a distinction bestowed to October way back in 2003.
CyberSecurity
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Local governments remain vulnerable to cyber attack: repost from the New York Times
As local governments in Washington and across the United States deal with increasingly sophisticated attacks aimed at bringing down vital government services residents depend on, the need for careful controls and cyber security measures grows ever mor
State Auditor’s Office leads national IT auditing conference
As state and local governments increasingly depend on information technology (IT) systems to serve the public, the need to audit the controls in and around these systems increases.
School district alert for phishing email attack
During the week of January 9, 2017, malicious hackers conducted phishing attacks from multiple school district employees' email accounts.
What happened?
Hackers gained unauthorized access to work-related email accounts belonging to employees of multiple school districts, presumably by having the login name and password of the email account.
Repost from MRSC: Big Cybersecurity for Small Jurisdictions
From our friends at MRSC: Mike Kaser, IS Director for the City of Mercer Island, weighs in on protecting local governments from cyber attack. You can read the original here.
2017 NSAA IT Conference in Tacoma
We are excited to announce that for the first time in the history of the National State Auditor's Association (NSAA) IT Conference, Washington is the host state! This year's conference takes place October 3rd through 6th at the beautiful and modern Hotel Murano in Tacoma.
#CyberAware: Creating a strong password
Passwords are an everyday part of life whether you're logging into your work, bank or social media accounts.
Survey shows states are concerned about cyber security, and making progress
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) conducts an annual survey of state Chief Information Officers to learn about the top policy and technology issues state governments face.