"We are being asked to manage nation-state risks while our federal partners step back,” Colin Ahern, New York State’s director of security and intelligence, told House lawmakers.

Massachusetts Chief Information Officer Jason Snyder said the state's cyber incident response team is meeting weekly to discuss threats, including to the state's operational technology.

Texas Chief Information Officer Tony Sauerhoff says cybersecurity leaders must provide a "clear and accurate picture of the posture, however good or bad that might be."

Texas Chief Information Officer Tony Sauerhoff says helping Texas Cyber Command get established will be a major focus through the rest of the year.

What's a state cyber corps worth? A new publication from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at UC Berkeley puts a number to the question.

Technical chops don't hurt, but understanding what state government's decision makers care about seems to matter more.

Between aging infrastructure, AI-powered attacks and flagging budgets, state cybersecurity officials have reported they are becoming less confident in their ability to protect government's data stores.

New Hampshire's CIO confirmed that the state has a new chief information security officer: Pamela McLeod, who's spent much of her career doing cybersecurity in the education…

Recently approved legislation in West Virginia grants the state's chief information security officer greater authority to implement consistent cybersecurity standards across the state government.

A ransomware attack last month forced operators of a water treatment facility in Minot, North Dakota, to revert to manual processes while a back-up server could be…