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A newly released White House fact sheet highlights national cybersecurity efforts and plans, including around cybersecurity labels for consumer IoT, international ransomware-fighting collaborations and more.

Industry-Recognized Security Solution Provider Expands Cybersecurity Protection Services to State and Local Government Agencies

CISOs are gaining attention outside the IT office and cyber funding isn’t a top challenge — for the first time in survey history. But CISOs still wrestle with talent gaps and need to strengthen local relationships to build whole-of-state approaches.

The annual survey of state and territorial CIOs found that emphasis has shifted away from expanding remote and hybrid work and toward legacy modernization and digital services after COVID-19.

The LAUSD ransomware attack is just one incident in a larger trend of threat actors targeting the education sector. How can other school districts and educational institutions protect themselves?

Former Howard County CISO John Bruns will serve as the new director of state cybersecurity, and emergency management specialist Netta Squires will take up the post of the director of local cybersecurity.

The cybersecurity grant program is designed to initiate state and local governments projects but does not provide ongoing operating funds.

Deadline: 15-Nov-22 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking applications for its 2022 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program to assist

Like many states, preparing for cyber incidents in Massachusetts includes everything from response planning to getting leadership and other departments engaged to disbursing funding to local governments.

The Department of Homeland security is launching the first-of-its-kind cybersecurity grant program for state, local, and territorial (SLT) governments.