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Supply Chain Hackers Strike Hard at Government Entities Find out what has driven the scale of these hacks to increase and what governments can do to protect themselves from bad actors infiltrating their networks. by SecureLink / April 5, 2021 SPONSORED The recent spate of large supply chain data breaches has affected government organizations across the national, state and local levels. The SolarWinds attack discovered in December of last year exposed many top U.S. federal agencies to Russian hackers. This breach, billed as one of the...

Two Cities Share How AI Is Improving Their Water Utilities As local water departments look to modernize their infrastructure with available technology, several cities are already laying out a model that utilizes artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers government utilities a transformative opportunity to improve public service, update outdated processes and centralize data. In particular, water utilities can use AI to make timely repairs and adjustments in a way that poses fewer inconveniences for citizens. One way to facilitate such AI modernization within water utilit...

Why Security Chiefs and State Auditors Should Be Friends State auditors and chief information security officers should work together to identify gaps in government IT systems and strengthen the state's overall cybersecurity posture. Auditors and chief information security officers are both focused on finding vulnerabilities, fixing security problems and stopping data breaches. So why do they so seldom see eye-to-eye? This story helps explain: When I was the first chief security officer in Michigan, my team faced our first enterprise-wide cybersecurity performance audit from 2005 to 2007. This...

Philadelphia GIS Structure Drives Deeper Data Insights Philadelphia’s unique model for data and GIS governance, combining the roles of GIS lead and chief data officer, offers an example for other cities looking to get more out of existing data systems. In many ways, “doing more with less” is the mantra of city government, and in the modern smart city, more cities are trying to pull more analytic power and utility out of existing systems. One solution is the evolving and broadening role of the chief data officer. In Philadelphia, CDO and Geographical Information Officer Henry (Hank) Gari...

Seven Communities Tapped as Broadband Expansion Testbeds A partnership among US Ignite, the National Science Foundation and Schmidt Futures has selected seven projects in both rural and urban areas to expand Internet access and help close the digital divide. Shutterstock/ArchMan Seven communities have been selected as testbeds to grow broadband access expansion. The initiative is part of Project OVERCOME, led by a partnership among US Ignite, the National Science Foundation and Schmidt Futures.  The projects range from serving low-income urban communities to hard-to-reach rural...