"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.

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.

“Swift coordination between state and local experts matters in these moments," Tim Walz, Minnesota's governor, said after a disruptive cyberattack in Winona County.

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…

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…

Bertrum Carroll, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, will head cybersecurity operations in Nevada.

Newly approved legislation in Mississippi would create the state's first security operations center. Other bills signed by the governor are expected to reduce duplicative services and enable…

Geoff Hale, a former CISA elections security task force director who's leading a new initiative at a nonprofit, said he's aiming to fill gaps left by the…