Over the past two months we've interviewed 109 business owners and prospective business owners from across the state, ranging from sole proprietors to newly-formed LLCs to mid-size companies in heavily regulated industries to businesses just hiring their first employee to business owners that didn't know they had to register at all. From minority and women
Each interview we do is…
The FBI is warning that cyber criminals are targeting teleworking employees with fraudulent termination phishing emails and video teleconferencing (VTC) meeting invites, citing COVID-19 as the reason.
The emails try to lure victims into clicking on malicious links by offering to provide more information or online conferences regarding termination or severance packages. The…
The state Department of Revenue won the 1st Annual Cyber Escape Room competition at the state Office of CyberSecurity.
"I thought that the Cyber Escape Room was a great way to demonstrate some of the risks related to physical security. I had a lot of fun with it," said Sean Steiger-McRae, a member of the three-person DOR team that reached the final stage of the escape room with the…
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…
