WaTech's state Office of Cybersecurity will hold several virtual presentations in October as part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Please mark your calendar for the following events and bookmark this page (cybersecurity.wa.gov/news/hacktober-presentations) for video links on the day of the presentation.
OCS operational planAs Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: "Plans are…
William Cram, who is earning a computer science degree, knows security is important but said a recent workshop held at Renton Technical College by the state Office of CyberSecurity (OCS) helped open his eyes.
"I didn't realize how much we are under attack," Cram said.
The workshop, held on April 9, provided information on common cybersecurity threats, such as phishing attacks,…
Washingotn's Public Works Board is starting work on a significant new broadband funding program, enacted by the legislature in 2019. Will Saunders presented "Broadband 101 - History and Data" for the board members at the Board's regular meeting on 10/4.
An important new policy and standard have been adopted and are now published and available for use. The policy is called the Commonly Used Software Product Retirement Policy and it is used in conjunction with the standard, called the Commonly Used Software Product Standard.
This policy is intended to promote agency awareness of and emphasis on commonly used software product…
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) was presented the 2014 award for Outstanding IT Achievement in the Digital Government to Business category by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) in Nashville on September 29th at the annual NASCIO awards…
