In 2024, the Legislature passed SHB 1947, which eliminated the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and incorporated all duties and responsibilities to Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech), as well as renamed the agency from Consolidated Technology Services (CTS) to WaTech. Previous references to the OCIO or CTS should be understood to refer to WaTech.
That valentine that just arrived in your email may not be what it seems.
According to a recent report from the SANS Internet Storm Center, there's a new malware campaign carrying ransomware with subject lines that include "Always thinking about you" and "I love you."
The emails have attachments that all start with "Love_you." Opening the attachments will infect the users'…
Imagine:
8 college students from 4 colleges around WA, with 4 mentors from Washington's tech sector and 4 more from Olympia spend 6-8 weeks using Washington-developed data visualization software to concoct cool and crunchable new looks at state open data for the reports of a handful of innovative state agencies.
- and it launched today, thanks to fast and fabulous…
The Employment Security Department has successfully replaced a nearly 30-year-old computer system that processes unemployment taxes.The modern system features:
Fast and efficient data processing. Intuitive user interfaces and automated workflow. Powerful reporting tools. State-of-the art security and reliability. ADA compliance (Section 508).…Dear Washingtonians!
A lot has been in the news lately about bad actors taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, including imposters filing for unemployment benefits across the country using personal information obtained from large scale breaches.
While imposter fraud is a serious problem, it represents only a small part of the overall threat. Sometimes we spend so much time…
