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Q&A: New Orleans CIO Kimberly LaGrue Discusses Cyber Resilience

State Tech Magazine

Mayor Mitch Landrieu appointed her as acting CIO in 2017, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell made her appointment to CIO permanent in 2018. Shortly before Christmas in 2019, New Orleans suffered a significant ransomware attack, and LaGrue led the city’s recovery and subsequent IT modernization efforts.

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Changes in the Ransomware Threat to State and Local Governments

State Tech Magazine

While the report found that attacks were down in 2022, ransomware targets still reported very large number of attacks compared to levels in 2018, 2019 and 2020. According to SonicWall’s 2023 Cyber Threat Report, ransomware has “been on a tear” for the past few years, growing 105 percent year over year in 2021.

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How America’s Airports Defend Against Cyberthreats

State Tech Magazine

Another flaw in airline reservation systems, discovered in 2019, affected half of world carriers but was patched before it could be exploited. British Airways was hit by a breach in 2018 that affected 300,000 to 500,… The breach included the loss of customers’ credit card data and personal information.

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Bahrain’s cloud-first success story

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS launched the Bahrain Region in 2019, which enabled Bahraini organizations to store and process data locally and benefit from world-class cloud capabilities. Investment in public cloud servicesthose provided by third parties to multiple customersin Bahrain is projected to grow almost 15 times from 2018 to 2026.

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

Fast forward to 2018, when AWS announced plans to launch data center infrastructure in the country. AWS’s investment in South Africa from 2018-2022 has contributed ZAR 12 billion in gross domestic product (GDP), while supporting an estimated average of 5,700 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs locally on an average annual basis.

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How EdIndia Foundation uses AWS to upskill teachers and increase student success

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released in 2019 , 70 percent of students in grade three remain behind grade level, 57 percent of students in grade nine cannot solve a simple division problem, and almost 50 percent of students drop out of the school system before reaching tenth grade.

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PAA Announces Leadership Changes

Public Administration Associates

Dave Bretl , a PAA partner and Vice President since 2019, has assumed the role of interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Legal Counsel. Sue McDade , a PAA Associate since 2018, has been named a partner and the firm’s new Vice President.