Last Privacy Points of 2021! Another year in the books and we have accomplished a lot by way of improving privacy practices and awareness in the state despite not being able to come together in person. Our team is encouraged by the steps state agencies are taking to ensure they are appropriately protecting personal information. The Office of Privacy and Data Protection (OPDP) is committed to…
WaTech in the News
Washington State Chief Information Officer Bill Kehoe said he strongly supports a new collaboration between the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to train and certify 2,500 K-12 students in cloud computing skills within the next three years.
Along with support from the Washington Training and Education Coordinating Board, the…
Dear Washingtonians!
I was excited to see Whatcom Community College (WCC) in Bellingham featured at a recent cybersecurity conference held by the White House in Washington D.C.
The college's National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center (NCyTE) was recognized by the White House for the work it's doing to increase the number of people pursuing careers in cybersecurity.…
Happy Halloween and Happy Hacktober! Hopefully you were able to participate in several of this month's activities coordinated by the State Office of Cybersecurity.
You may wonder what does security have to do with privacy? Well, they are two sides of the same coin! Check out my interview with GovTech where I discuss the Office of Privacy and Data Protection's (OPDP) overlap and…
In a recent GovTech interview, state Chief Information Officer Bill Kehoe discusses the need to grow and streamline the citizen experience to match what they get in the private sector while also trying to get everyone connected.
"What we're seeing - is that technology isn't just for technology's sake," he said. "All our investments in technology and our projects should be focused on…