This month's briefing from our colleagues at the Multi State Information Sharing and Analysis Center includes news about Microsoft using a court order to take down six websites associated with the nation-state cyber threat actor, Fancy Bear; and a federal jury convicting a man for DDoS attacks against hospitals:
Hacker convicted for DDoS attacks against hospitals
The DOJ found…
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…
Kudos to the team from WSDOT that supported #HacktheCommute (aka #htcsea15) with City of Seattle, King County, Amazon, Microsoft and about a hundred developers this past weekend. WSDOT contributed info for the event's data catalog, including a great description of the existing Traveler's API, the single gateway to all of WSDOT's traveler information data.
PRISEM is a shared regional cyber security monitoring system, which aggregates and processes cyber event data, provides correlated alerts on threat conditions, and extends situational awareness for public-sector organizations across the Puget Sound area. Currently, PRISEM serves 7 cities and…
In the confusion and chaos surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, it's easy to overlook the fundamentals of cybersecurity. With the sudden influx of virtual meetings occurring in tandem with the dramatic increase in teleworking across the United States, security has become more important than ever.
To address this issue, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently…
