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Q&A: Coral Gables, Fla., CIO Raimundo Rodulfo Shares Smart City Initiatives

State Tech Magazine

The city has won numerous accolades recently, including the 2022 IEEE Smart Cities Jury Award, and was named one of StateTech’s Smart Cities to Watch in 2020. Coral Gables also recently won the Smart City Innovation Excellence Award from the Smart Cities Council. Rodulfo has a background in engineering in the telecommunications…

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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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AWS expands program offering low-to-no cost security services for federal political campaigns and committees

AWS Public Sector Blog

Beginning in 2020, AWS collaborated with DDC to provide essential security services and resources to eligible election campaigns, regardless of party affiliation. In 2022, AWS expanded the offering to include 20-plus services.

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21 new or updated datasets available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Climate and weather NOAA Analysis of Record for Calibration (AORC) Dataset from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) OAQPS 2022 Modeling Platform from S. Full list of new or updated datasets ECMWF ERA5 joins 20 other new or updated datasets on the Registry of Open Data in the following categories.

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Government Ransomware Attacks Are Down, but Reports Cite Insufficient Data

State Tech Magazine

In 2020, for instance, 45 percent of ransomware attacks centered on municipalities, according to Barracuda Networks research. New data from the Institute for Security and Technology’s Ransomware Task Force, however, seems to suggest fewer incidents have arisen in 2022.

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Bahrain’s cloud-first success story

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2020, Bahrain established the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) to strengthen digital security. In addition, Bahrain has achieved a carbon emission saving of 81.903 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) compared to running data centers locally between February 2022 and December 2024.

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Agencies Win Big with Specific Applications of Staff Augmentation

State Tech Magazine

Reliance on managed security providers increased from 2020 to 2022, Deloitte and NASCIO note. In 2020, 51 percent of survey respondents said they contracted with a managed security service provider; in 2022, the figure was 78 percent.…

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