The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's "Pink Elephant Unicorn" event in Richland, held July 13-14, attracted dozens of people eager to test their cybersecurity skills in a Capture the Flag, CTF, competition.
The event was open to anyone interested in learning about cybersecurity, regardless of skill level. In addition to the CTF competition, there also were cybersecurity…
On May 16th, Governor Inslee signed two biometrics bills into law, making Washington a leader in the category of protecting these unique biological identifiers, both in the public sector and private sector arenas.
HB 1493 establishes requirements of clear notice and consent before a company can collect a biometric identifier. The definition of biometric is fairly broad, covering many…
Basically an apps contest is a publicity event that focuses talent and energy to support a worthy technical cause.
The principal resources needed are talent, time and coolness.
Talent: the principal forms of talent are participants, evangelists and mentors
Mentors are typically mature…In my interim role as the state Chief Information Security Officer, I wanted to touch base on our efforts to improve and maintain our cybersecurity posture.
The Office of Cybersecurity (OCS) is an essential division within WaTech and provides critical enterprise security services to the state and our agency partners. However, like any enterprise service WaTech provides the state, OCS…
News reports indicate threat actors are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak in new phishing email campaigns.
Threat actors are using public fear to increase the likelihood that users will click on a link or open an attachment.
In one campaign, the phishing email reportedly impersonates the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning of new infections and…
