State CIO Amy Tong said the plan is a "fundamental effort" to improve and standardize cybersecurity across a sprawling government enterprise.

Fremont, California, officials said a $940,000 will use video and radar in an attempt to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

Ashkan Soltani, who worked for the FTC during the Obama administration, will lead the new California Privacy Protection Agency, created last year to enforce the state's data-privacy laws.

The California Department of Technology published the code to its COVID-19 vaccine pass on GitHub in the hopes other states develop similar products.

As another devastating fire season rips across the state, city officials want to develop more advanced, early-warning technologies.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there have been "multiple unreported ransomware attacks" against the state's health providers.

NightDragon, a Silicon Valley fund with past investments in the likes of FireEye, has recruited advisers in major state capitals to help its portfolio companies.

In addition to insufficient oversight of the state's major IT projects, an audit also found weak information security practices across California.

A change in the state's new budget means agencies no longer have to reimburse the California Department of Technology for cybersecurity functions.