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Summer is here and many travelers are busy packing cell phones, tablets and other connected devices into their luggage along with sunscreen and books.

Please keep in mind that cyber criminals are waiting for you to go on vacation as well.

They troll social media sites to learn who is traveling and have left their home unoccupied. They also tap public Wi-Fi networks to steal…

The FCC's 2015 Broadband Progress Report includes an interactive map visualization of areas in the country where residents don't have access to broadband -- using the FCC's new(ish) broadband speed standard of 25 megabits download and 3 megabits upload.

Washington Health Benefit Exchange (HBE) won recognition in the 2014 State IT Awards presented by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) as a finalist in the Digital Government to Citizens category for the Washington Healthplanfinder: As Facilitator for Washington State's Health Insurance Market.

The HBE was created in state statute in 2011 as a "…

Dear Washingtonians!

Cybersecurity professionals at the start of each year dust off their crystal ball and try to predict what the next 12 months may bring.

As you might expect, 2020 was not a good year for predictions. Who knew a pandemic would sweep the planet and turn our lives upside down? The resulting global shift to remote work forced unprecedented shifts in technology…

Security experts have long advised using multi-factor authentication (MFA) to help secure your most important accounts. Now Google has research showing the technology blocks the vast majority of attacks.

MFA takes the traditional user login and password and adds additional authentication factors from two or more of the following:

Something you know, such as a password Something…