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Software Retirement Bulletin: September 2015 is now available for your use. It contains information about end of software support for a number of commonly used software products. The document notes products that recently reached end of support as well as products that have upcoming retirements or reach end of mainstream support. This bulletin is intended to support agency planning for…

This week, the WABOS team focused on two major tasks: 1) Prototype creation. Max put the finishing touches on the first iteration of the Unified Registration Form prototype. This early version is a google form with all of the information Secretary of State and Department of Revenue requests on their paper registration forms. A test user can fill out the single form without…

Dear Washingtonians!

As Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: "Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."

That's why one of my top goals, since appointed state Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) nine months ago, has been to create a sustainable cybersecurity operational plan for the State of Washington that can meet the security challenges that lie ahead.

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A capacity crowd turned out this past weekend for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's "Pink Elephant Unicorn" capture the flag competition in Seattle.

The national lab holds the competition twice a year, in eastern Washington and in the Seattle area, as a way to advance the field of cybersecurity and build awareness of computer safety and security. The events are open to…