State Tech Magazine
MARCH 5, 2025
In 2022, the ALPHV Ransomware as a Service group attacked the city of Alexandria, La., Once novel RaaS gangs are increasing attacks against local governments, according to a raft of new cybersecurity threat reports. with its malware. Two years later, LockBit ransomware bandits attacked Wichita, Kans.
State Tech Magazine
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
State and local government procurement trends are always evolving, and the transportation industry is currently leading that charge. 1 for local government and saw a growth of nearly 9 percent year over… Transportation ranked No.
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State Tech Magazine
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
As state and local IT officials emerge from the difficult terrain of the past few years, they are looking forward with renewed optimism. In some cases, strengthened budgets have produced fresh opportunities, and officials across the country are pushing tech projects to improve the lives of their constituents.
State Tech Magazine
JUNE 20, 2023
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. And with local governments usually dealing with limited resources, they’re often considered low-hanging fruit when it comes to cyberattacks.
State Tech Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Caught between a pandemic recovery and the “great resignation,” state and local IT leaders have expressed major concerns about hiring and retaining a capable IT workforce, according to a 2022 state CIO survey by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
State Tech Magazine
JUNE 26, 2024
Although smart city technology has long been a focus for local governments, a great deal of energy and investment has been put into projects such as smart streetlights, transportation infrastructure and digital kiosks.
State Tech Magazine
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
From August to December 2022, malicious actors made more than 134 million exploit attempts on IoT devices using a remote code execution flaw in the Realtek Jungle Software Development Kit. This risk is reflected in recent attack efforts.
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