State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

State and local governments face cyberthreats that are expanding at an alarming rate. Since last year, cyberattacks against local governments increased by 70 percent. As a result, government… One ransomware attack on Baltimore, Md., last year reportedly cost at least $18 million.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As state and local government agencies modernize IT infrastructure to support hybrid work environments and cutting-edge citizen services, they also find themselves having to secure access to a mix of modern and legacy systems. Enter identity and access management.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 30, 2023

State and local governments face a complicated landscape for drones this year. Drone sales to states and localities are up, according to reports, but agencies are shifting how they spend that money. Department of Defense and its contractors. Department of Defense and its contractors.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In North Dakota, CISO Michael Gregg is running a security operations center that benefits his state and local government agency partners in several ways. By manning a highly capable security operations center, Gregg relieves his North Dakota peers of that challenge.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Recent research has found that attacks against governments worldwide increased by 1,885 percent in 2021, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has highlighted ongoing threats to state facilities such as water and wastewater systems. Malware is everywhere. Here are the top 10 types…

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But 9 times out of 10, what we’re really talking about is Software as a Service, especially among state and local government agencies that don’t necessarily have the in-house staff to develop, manage and secure their own apps in the cloud.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2024

As cutting-edge technologies, especially artificial intelligence, charge onto the scene, leading state and local officials have collaborated closely with private sector organizations to securely, compliantly and sustainability enhance citizen experiences while modernizing the back-office functions that support them.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

Physical security will continue to be a top priority for state and local government IT decision-makers in 2025, especially as digital technology becomes more deeply embedded in the protection of people, property and physical assets.

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OpenGov

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With the technology and cybersecurity challenges of state and local government increasing, we know it’s more important than ever to bring resilient, secure, and performant cloud technology to the public sector. appeared first on OpenGov.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

This means prioritizing tools and technology that enable an agency to create a digital experience that is scalable, secure, reliable and cost-effective. Click the banner below to explore ways to transform government operations.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

When it comes to preparing for a cyberattack, local governments often want to go backward before they go forward. With an incident response plan comes with standard operating procedures that define who handles what during a security breach. Being prepared for a security breach may save a city significant cash and time.

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Neglecting regular patch management can create gaping security holes, leaving agencies susceptible to malware, ransomware and other attacks. In fact, according to Sophos, almost a quarter of state and local government IT leaders report exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities as the root cause of ransomware. million in 2023

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2024

A multicloud environment offers numerous benefits, including a high degree of scalability and flexibility, but it also presents security challenges. State and local government IT leaders should consider these four steps to remove complexity from their cloud security environments and keep resources safe from attack.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 22, 2025

State and local government cyber leaders were in shock as they learned that the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Centers budget was being cut in half and its longer-term future was in doubt. Department of Homeland Security. As federal agencies continue to plan

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Luckily, state and local governments can rely on sandboxing, a time-tested method to thwart attackers. The onslaught of malware never ends. Sandboxing a process in which a suspect file, code or URL is shunted to an isolated area outside of an organization’s production IT system for closer examination.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Despite the rapid growth of software marketplace usage in recent years, some state and local government (SLG) purchasers are holding back. AWS Marketplace customer advisors offer customized support specifically for government organizations navigating AWS Marketplace as first-time users.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Alan Shark is an Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, an affiliate faculty member at GMU’s Center for the Advancement of Human-Machine Partnership, and Executive Director of the Public Technology Institute. The book was drafted, edited and illustrated with the aid of AI. “I

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

Eighty-nine percent of state and federal government IT and security professionals feel somewhat or very confident about the visibility they have into their cybersecurity landscape — yet a number are facing funding, talent and other challenges, according to a new research report from CDW.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Large language models, or LLMs, underpin that state and local governments are looking to achieve with artificial intelligence. While these powerful models help bring generative AI to life, they need to be handled with care to ensure privacy and security, among other considerations.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

While artificial intelligence will dominate this years state and local government technology landscape, theres one iteration of AI that agencies will want to pay close attention to. Lets explore agentic AI, its benefits and how implementing it on-premises can help with data control and security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Millions of Americans rely on state and local government technology systems every day. From drivers licenses to marriage certificates, every day interactions with government depend on technology. Amazon Web Services (AWS) recognizes these luminaries of state and local government technology.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Securing data centers is of prime importance to state and local governments as they seek to modernize their IT infrastructure and take advantage of technology refreshes to support their distributed workforces. Three important avenues are identity and access, the digital infrastructure, and security processes and technologies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

In this post, we highlight the key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2024 for government agencies. So if youre a government leader and you want to get up to speed on all the essential information and insights from AWS re:Invent 2024, weve compiled what youre looking for here.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 6, 2024

According to the most recent Rubrik Zero Labs report, “The State of Data Security: Measuring Your Data’s Risk,” 94 percent of IT and security leaders reported that their organizations experienced significant cyberattacks last year; one-third of these victims endured at least one ransomware attack.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

State and local governments must be prepared, and an immutable backup is a vital component. Isolated recovery environments with immutable data vaults provide the highest level of security and recovery against Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting data recovery systems in ransomware attacks.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its now a given that malicious actors will target government organizations. The value of citizen data is gold for planning secondary attacks, and cybercriminals know that many local governments are underfunded and understaffed when it comes to IT security, which makes them tempting targets for ransomware.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

Previously, the governor established the state’s first Joint Security Operations Center and based it in Brooklyn. As chief cyber officer, Ahern manages cybersecurity threat assessment, mitigation and response for the state and across the interagency government enterprise.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

State and local governments have the crucial responsibility of protecting essential utilities and citizen data from cyberattacks.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Department of Homeland Security, through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program for state, local and territorial (SLT) governments across the country. In September, the U.S.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This means that state and local governments should not assume that any user, device or application is safe, even if they are inside the network perimeter. State and local governments, as well as educational institutions, have become increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks in recent years.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Arnie Armstrong, Cyber Security Principal at Made Tech , explains why a user-centred cyber security approach is vital to local government We often hear that the biggest cyber security vulnerability in any organisation is its own employees, but is this really the case? And do we need more education within teams?

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

State and local governments have accelerated the pace of digital transformation in recent years as they required more cloud computing power to fulfill citizen services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Government agencies handle vast volumes of bureaucratic documents daily, ranging from tax forms to medical records. By integrating human review into the artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workflow, government agencies maintain quality control. When critical files are misplaced or lost, productivity halts.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

State and local governments employed 20.5 Job openings in September 2024 in state and local governments in the U.S. So, if local governments need to hire qualified workers to replace those leaving, where can they turn to when recruiting? million as of October 2024, according to the U.S.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Some state and local governments never established demilitarized zone networks because they didn’t consider home offices a threat when they shifted to remote work after the COVID-19 outbreak, security experts say. What is a DMZ network?

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

State and local government agencies carry the heavy burden of collecting and managing large amounts of sensitive data to bring essential services to citizens. Naturally, they want to be on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, which is where the zero-trust security model comes in.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

With election security a top concern, Arctic Wolf commissioned the Center for Digital Government to survey over 130 state and local government leaders about their perceived state of readiness. Spoiler alert: They don’t feel ready.

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