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Advancing IT in a Budget Shortfall December 9, 2014

Keynote: Art Stephens, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Panel:

Michael Cockrill, State CIO, Washington State Office of the Chief Information Officer Rep. Zach Hudgins (D) 11th District Rep. Ross Hunter (D) 48th District Tracy Guerin, Deputy Director, Office of Financial Management

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The U.S Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released a ransomware guide developed in coordination with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). The guide is now available on CISA's website: https://www.cisa.gov/publication/ransomware-guide

The resource was developed for state, local, tribal and territorial governments (SLTT) and…

One of the most important things you can do to protect your computer is to regularly update the operating system. But that won't be an option for many Windows 7 users starting early next year.

Microsoft plans to end support for the Windows 7 operating system on January 14, 2020, except for organizations who purchase extended support through January 2023.

For organizations…

From 2009 to 2014 Washington had a state broadband office that used a bunch of open data techniques to show where there was broadband internet service available - and where there wasn't. The basic idea was to build an intelligent market for broadband services and minimize the amount of public money needed. We did pretty well in this area but we left a few challenges on the table.…