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Federal Agencies Struggle on Cybersecurity Logging Benchmarks

FedTech Magazine

A follow-up memo to the May 2021 White House directive laid out a tiered maturity model for agencies to follow. Unfortunately, 17 agencies were listed as Event Logging 0 in the GAO report — meaning “logging requirements of highest criticality are either…

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Florida city water cyber incident allegedly caused by employee error

GCN

Al Braithwaite, the former city manager of Oldsmar, Florida, said the 2021 episode was not caused by outside hackers but was instead a “non-event” sparked by user error.

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Railroad tourism as a way to promote transit: Union Pacific's Big Boy steam locomotive journey

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It is inspired by how Amtrak had National Trains Day/Weekend in the early to mid 2010s, as a promotional event. It is inspired by how Amtrak had National Trains Day/Weekend in the early to mid 2010s, as a promotional event. Traditional railroads often do promotions of their old steam engines. And special programs for kids.

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5 Issues to Watch at Climate Week 2021

The City Fix

The two major events come at a critical moment for climate action. World leaders are gathering in New York this week and next for the UN General Assembly meeting (UNGA76) and Climate Week. The world is facing an emergency. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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2020 Reflections and Looking Ahead to 2021 — Episode 081

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

This year has been challenging in so many ways, and on our final episode of the year, we’re looking back at some of the conversations we’ve had, discussing the lessons we’ve learned, and looking ahead at some of our hopes and goals for 2021. What events impacted the types of conversations we had this year.

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Cybersecurity Tops Local IT Priorities in a Shifting Landscape

State Tech Magazine

Cybersecurity has always been a top concern for local IT officials, but recent events have made it an even greater priority for city and county governments. In 2022, 97 percent of officials identified cybersecurity as a top priority, up from an already high 88 percent in 2021. 1 spot on the list. In its survey, PTI…

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

Open Access Government - Technology News

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. Notably, a higher incidence of each effect was reported in 2022 than 2021, indicating the impact is increasing across the board. 23% in 2021, 30% in 2022). 23% in 2021, 27% in 2022).

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