Five state tech stories that made 2025
While managing everyday demands, there were five stories that dominated the news for state tech offices throughout 2025.
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Multi-State Information Sharing Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)
MS-ISAC loses federal support for threat intelligence, incident response
The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center has lost funding for several services, including stakeholder engagement, cyber threat intelligence and cyber incident response.
Center for Internet Security announces Microsoft partnership
A new partnership between CIS and Microsoft promises to bolster cybersecurity for state and local government agencies.
Emotet is back and phishing state and local governments, CISA warns
The credential-stealing malware took an extended spring break, but it's returned with a vengeance according to an alert from CISA and the MS-ISAC.
MS-ISAC adds domain-blocking service for state and local governments
The Center for Internet Security has announced a new service to help block malicious web traffic from harming state and local governments.