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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. And with local governments usually dealing with limited resources, they’re often considered low-hanging fruit when it comes to cyberattacks.

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What Are CIOs Thinking in 2022

Barrett & Greene

Our series about the future of state and local government jobs , is being published this week by Route Fifty. In 2019, 25% of CIOs selected “reskilling” compared with 35% in 2022. In 2022, that was listed by 71% of CIOS, compared with 44% in 2019. and demanding more from government.”.

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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

Entries more than doubled from the inaugural 2022 edition, with 334 nominations from 63 countries across six continents. “A A core focus of the Future of Government Awards is the importance of open source,” said Joe Hooper, director of the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development.

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A look at the Partnership’s 2022 research on the federal government

Partnership for Public Service

It has been a productive year for the Research, Evaluation and Modernizing Government Team at the Partnership for Public Service. Below, we offer a brief review of our work, which has reached new heights and audiences in 2022. We believe people deserve simple, consistent, purposeful and secure experiences with government.

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Government Ransomware Attacks Are Down, but Reports Cite Insufficient Data

State Tech Magazine

A number of local governments have been the target of cybersecurity attacks in recent years. In 2020, for instance, 45 percent of ransomware attacks centered on municipalities, according to Barracuda Networks research. through July — significantly less than in 2021, when nearly 400 incidents took place in the first seven months…

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User-centred cyber security for local government

Open Access Government - Technology News

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? Can local government securely store our data? But let’s be clear.

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How Government Leaders Are Leveraging E-Signature Technology to Meet Hybrid Work Goals

NLC (National League of Cities)

Hybrid work—a concept most senior leaders had never considered before 2020—is now becoming standard practice for several state and local government agencies across the nation.