State Chief Privacy Office Katy Ruckle recently gave a presentation about changes to the state's data breach notification law that have expanded the definition of personal information, reduced the time organizations have to notify individuals of a breach and reduced the time to notify the state attorney general's office.
The webinar aims to help government agencies become more aware of…
Washington State Chief Information Security Officer Vinod Brahmapuram participated in a recent webinar hosted by City University of Seattle to discuss the role of cybersecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
With many people now working from home, Vinod talked about common cyber threats in this new landscape and provided information on ways organizations and individuals can protect…
On April 15, 2020, WaTech Director and state CIO James Weaver signed a Statement of Work (SOW) with Illinois-based Ensono to begin the transition to mainframe as a service (MFaaS).
The project will involve migrating workloads (applications, databases and interfaces) from Olympia to a mainframe owned and managed by Ensono in its data center. This will include work by Ensono to fully…
State CIO and WaTech Director Jim Weaver wrote a letter to Washington state's Congressional delegation urging them to invest in more IT infrastructure.
The letter was prompted by the intense pressure to respond and provide services to our state's citizens since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Washington, which has seen a significant surge in unemployment claims and individuals applying for…
With the number of unemployment benefits claims reaching unprecedented levels, WaTech is taking steps to fortify the state's secure login system over the next two weeks to help ensure those claims get through.
Data from SecureAccess Washington (SAW), the state's secure portal serving the Employment Security Department (ESD), shows a 1,700% increase in the number of concurrent users…
