The Office of CyberSecurity's escape room challenges players to work as a team to find hidden clues and solve a series of puzzles within 25 minutes. The purpose of the competition is to heighten awareness about common bad practices many people fall into when it comes to securing their digital information. This year's escape room offers a different look and new puzzles to solve.
The…
The State of WA publishes a variety of large datasets on government contracts that are often of interest to transparency advocates and the civic tech community. Here are a couple of examples that deserve more attention:
Agency Contracts with vendors active in 2014(data provided by WA Dept of Enterprise Services - click here for the table)
Contarcts by Agency 2014 -…See the list of new data standards that have been adopted.
Click here to see the list!
Headlines about public and private organizations worldwide falling victim to ransomware or data breaches have become all too common. We all must remain vigilant at home and at the office.
This year, WaTech's state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS) is participating in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) with an expanded daily quiz (see below) that serves as a fast and fun way to…
A new malware campaign is taking advantage of the flu season by sending phishing emails that appear to be urgent communications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC recently released an alert about the phishing campaign: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s0322-phishing.html
Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself, and your organization…
