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The Office of CyberSecurity's escape room challenges players to work as a team to find hidden clues and solve a series of puzzles within 25 minutes. The purpose of the competition is to heighten awareness about common bad practices many people fall into when it comes to securing their digital information. This year's escape room offers a different look and new puzzles to solve.

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State Chief Information Officer and WaTech Director Jim Weaver has named Katy Ruckle as the state Chief Privacy Officer. She will start Jan. 1, 2020.

Katy will join WaTech's Strategy and Management Division, which is home to the…

Four teams of interns pitched their work product to state agency and tech sector mentors this week on the sidelines of Full Con Tech - the innovative problem-solving unconference in Seattle.

These students have worked through the summer with mentorship from companies like Microsoft, Socrata, Tableau and LiveStories to understand, clean up and visualize data from state agencies…

Keynote: Art Stephens, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Panel:

Michael Cockrill, State CIO, Washington State Office of the Chief Information Officer Rep. Zach Hudgins (D) 11th District Rep. Ross Hunter (D) 48th District Tracy Guerin, Deputy Director, Office of Financial Management

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Headlines about public and private organizations worldwide falling victim to ransomware or data breaches have become all too common. We all must remain vigilant at home and at the office.

This year, WaTech's state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS) is participating in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) with an expanded daily quiz (see below) that serves as a fast and fun way to…