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The Enterprise Services Desktop Support team partnered with South Puget Sound Community College to develop an internship program. In the past two years, 13 students have completed the program, with 12 continuing voluntarily beyond their initial commitment.

Nine students are currently interning. Seven of the former interns are now working for the state. The success of the…

Criminals are hard at work trying to steal money being sent to taxpayers under the federal CARES Act. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is urging taxpayers to be on the lookout for a surge of fraudulent calls and email phishing attempts related to the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. Taxpayers should watch out not only for phishing emails but also text messages, websites and social media attempts…

The cybersecurity landscape is changing rapidly, and not in a good way.

Cyberattacks are no longer the sole domain of nation states and a relatively small number of criminals with technical skills. Hackers now sell their services on the internet; much like private stores sell goods and services to the broader public online.

State and local…