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An increase in cyber attack fines highlights firms’ need to tighten security

Open Access Government - Technology News

The Hiscox 2022 Cyber Readiness Report shows the median cost of cyber attacks has risen 29% in the past year to just under $17,000. It showed the number of companies that reported receiving a fine following a cyber attack almost doubled from 11% in 2021, to 20% in 2022. 23% in 2021, 30% in 2022). 23% in 2021, 27% in 2022).

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CDT Gives Ovations to Outstanding Employees

California Department of Technology

December 7, 2022 – CDT’s annual Ovation Award recognizes the accomplishments of individuals and groups within the Department whose exceptional efforts have helped secure better services for Californians. The Performance Excellence Award recognizes an individual whose efforts have gone beyond their typical duties.

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November 2022 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

Microsoft’s newest security brand category, Microsoft Priva, was first announced at Ignite in 2021—today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft Priva for the Government Community Cloud (GCC), GCC High, and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2022. Security/Identity.

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Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction: Creating a secure virtual classroom

Google Public Sector

Screened and Secured Ohio DRC rolled out Google Chromebooks as part of a pilot project in 2020. Sanders says that security was a key consideration in choosing Chromebooks and Google Workspace: “We considered other off the shelf products, but these didn’t provide the flexibility we needed for customized educational content.

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Thinking bigger about what’s possible and customer-driven innovation: re:Invent 2022 public sector leadership session with Max Peterson recap

AWS Public Sector Blog

On Tuesday, November 29 at re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Max Peterson, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector, spoke about how the transformative power of the cloud is enabling organizations to move with speed and agility while making sure mission-critical workloads stay secure and protected.

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Strengthen your security and optimize your resources with Microsoft 365 Government

Microsoft Public Sector

Ransomware was up 25% in 2021 year accordingly to Verizon’s data breach investigations report 2022. The list of threats continues to rise, while State and Local Government leaders have more demands and less resources to combat the ever-growing security risks. Reinforce your security defenses with a data loss prevention plan.

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Governments must prepare for quantum computing risks

Open Access Government - Technology News

However, one of the problems quantum computers are getting closer to solving is factoring large numbers which would make them a cryptographically relevant risk to many of todays security standards. National Security Agencys guidance requires the National Security Systems full PQC compliance.