Thank you for playing this year's Hacktober quiz! Overall, the game garnered more than 23,000 responses from state employees during the month.
The Hacktober campaign was aimed at raising awareness for Washington state's 65,000 employees and encouraging conversation about the role everyone plays to safeguard public data, and protect critical services.
We had several requests…
Alex Alben and Will Saunders each have a session at the Attorney General's CLE day on 11/8
Here's Will's presentation, covering the basics of Open Data, open licenbses, and data sharing
Powerpoint -- Open Data CLE
The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has refreshed its open data offerings with new estimates of persons with disabilities or other support needs by Census tract. The data were prepared for DSHS and the Department of Health (DOH) to assist in emergency preparedness planning for Washington communities. The data show a variety of challenges faced by residents, such as…
In January 2014, Enterprise Services completed a project to upgrade various versions of Microsoft SQL Server to SQL 2012 whenever possible. Minimizing the number of SQL versions in use supports the agency's ongoing efforts to consolidate hardware and software and reduce the overall cost of operations.
The team reviewed 686 databases. Of those, 225 were upgraded to SQL 2012, 52…
Washington State Chief Information Security Officer Vinod Brahmapuram participated in a recent webinar hosted by City University of Seattle to discuss the role of cybersecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic. With many people now working from home, Vinod talked about common cyber threats in this new landscape and provided information on ways organizations and individuals can…
