In 2024, the Legislature passed SHB 1947, which eliminated the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and incorporated all duties and responsibilities to Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech), as well as renamed the agency from Consolidated Technology Services (CTS) to WaTech. Previous references to the OCIO or CTS should be understood to refer to WaTech.
A new malware campaign is taking advantage of the flu season by sending phishing emails that appear to be urgent communications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC recently released an alert about the phishing campaign: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s0322-phishing.html
Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself, and your organization…
From 2009 to 2014 Washington had a state broadband office that used a bunch of open data techniques to show where there was broadband internet service available - and where there wasn't. The basic idea was to build an intelligent market for broadband services and minimize the amount of public money needed. We did pretty well in this area but we left a few challenges on the table.…
***The post below is by Zac Cohn, CEO of Wonful Consulting
To all that are curious about our process of generating customer insights, then turning customer insights into prototypes that can be tested with business owners, the post below outlines the methodology and steps we have been following:
Intro to the Innovation Process The Office of the CIO has been exploring,…
Dear Washingtonians!
As Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: "Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."
That's why one of my top goals, since appointed state Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) nine months ago, has been to create a sustainable cybersecurity operational plan for the State of Washington that can meet the security challenges that lie ahead.
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