WaTech in the News

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert on a Critical Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to take control of trusted SAP applications. SAP has released a security update to address a critical vulnerability, CVE-2020-6287.

CISA encourages…

This month's briefing from our colleagues at the Multi State Information Sharing and Analysis Center includes news about criminals using the California wildfires in email scams, updates on malware in circulation, and a report of a drone vulnerability that could allow access to account information:

Cyber threat actors…

Alex Alben and Will Saunders each have a session at the Attorney General's CLE day on 11/8

Here's Will's presentation, covering the basics of Open Data, open licenbses, and data sharing

Powerpoint -- Open Data CLE

The Washington Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) at the Office of Financial Management provides access to crime statistics through several methods; CrimeStats Online, the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), and the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS). There is a web-based interface that allow users to query Washington crime data online, and the UCR and NIBRS data are available in Excel…

Travel and Expense Management System (TEMS) training used to last 3.5 hours and was held only in person, and only in Olympia.

Thanks to the eLearning team at Enterprise Services, users can now access TEMS training online, for free. The training runs just 35 minutes and is broken into multiple chapters, allowing users to learn as much, or as little, as they need to about the system…