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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said state and local governments receiving FEMA grants will now be required to use at least 7.5% of those funds on cybersecurity.

A 10-year contract with CGI is set to add new services to the state's purchasing platform, including collaboration tools to improve communication with vendors.

Former Google Ventures partner Rick Klau was named the state's new innovation officer. Newsom also named a new CTO and deputy CIO.

One out of 13 state and local government workers experienced a mobile phishing attempt in 2020, according to new research from security firm Lookout.

With the bulk of access needs moving off-premise, public sector and higher education leaders should be rethinking security paradigms, say security experts.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to announce several changes, including a hike in the minimum amount that state and local government grant recipients must spend on cybersecurity.

A whistleblower report found that an inmate management system wasn't adjusted for a new early-release formula, keeping hundreds locked up for too long.

A successful attack against a widely used payment processing service has prompted state and local agencies to issue breach disclosures in recent days.

After clearing nearly one million residents for the second phase of COVID-19 vaccines, Massachusetts' portal hit users with delays and error screens.

Last year's election may have been the "best administered," but officials are still seeking to stem the flood of disinformation that caused so much unrest.