Benjamin Freed

A new law requires nearly all state and local employees across the Lone Star State to undergo annual cybersecurity education.

Twenty-four students were recently awarded full scholarships to a 17-week cybersecurity training program as part of the city's Cyber NYC initiative.

A top federal cybersecurity official said Wednesday the Department of Homeland Security often lacks a clear picture of state and local governments’ network security, even as foreign adversaries increase their attempts to disrupt all levels of the public sector. And while federal agencies are getting better at working with state and local authorities, they face an ongoing challenge of staying…

Women account for less than one-quarter of the cybersecurity workforce overall, and in government the gap is often even wider. Maria Thompson, the chief risk officer for the North Carolina Department of Information Technology, shared at a conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Tuesday her theory of why this continues to be the case. “If you wake up in the…

Newly inaugurated Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Thursday her administration is creating a new Office of Innovation and the Future to lead the state efforts in several major policy areas, including broadband expansion, climate and energy and government workforce development. The new agency, which will be formally created in the budget Mills is due to propose next month, will also…

When Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted moves into the lieutenant governor’s role next Monday, he’ll be charged with leading a new statewide office dedicated to developing technological innovations in the state government. And in an interview with StateScoop, the 51-year-old Republican said Gov.-elect Mike DeWine has given the agency, called InnovateOhio, a wide berth to modernize public services. “There’s…