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State Agencies Combat Trillions Of Cyber Attacks In 2 Months Whether it is attacks on critical infrastructure like the Colonial Pipeline along the East Coast, or governments like the City of Tulsa and Seminole Nation, the states top cyber security expert says the volume of hacks will likely only increase.  “I think the law of averages is going to tell you that we are going to see more and more of these things,” Oklahoma Chief Information Security Officer Matt Singleton said.  And for the ...

By Stephanie Kanowitz May 13, 2021 A cloud-based secure email gateway has helped the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) decrease the threat from inbound ransomware messages and other malware. Although state government offices now receive about half a million email messages per day, compared to 372,000 per day last July, they were getting more than three times as many malware messages last year. “I think it’s because we didn’t have good email security in place,”...

Every day, Oklahoma is the target of types of remote attacks. “Anytime a company rolls out new software packages, there are typically bugs in that package,” said Matt Singleton, Oklahoma’s chief cyber security officer. Inside the Information Technology Operations Command Center, cyber experts watch displays focused on state infrastructure. The room is located inside the Oklahoma Office of Management & Enterprise Services building on Lincoln Boulevard. Software bugs can offer vulnerabiliti...