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Dear Washingtonians,

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! I want to urge everyone to test their knowledge with our daily quiz and join us for our upcoming presentations.

I also want to focus your attention on this month's key word - awareness.

There is a critical need to increase awareness across the country when it comes to cybersecurity.

There…

No one should assume they are immune from identity theft or having their accounts hacked.

While politicians and top executives are often in the crosshairs of hackers, many people who are not in high profile occupations often become victims as well, said Aaron Brown, a security analyst with the Washington state Office of CyberSecurity, OCS.

"A lot of us wonder, 'what do I have…

Release Date: 12/11/2019

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…