Kudos to the team from WSDOT that supported #HacktheCommute (aka #htcsea15) with City of Seattle, King County, Amazon, Microsoft and about a hundred developers this past weekend. WSDOT contributed info for the event's data catalog, including a great description of the existing Traveler's API, the single gateway to all of WSDOT's traveler information data.
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The Public Regional Information Security Event Management (PRISEM) System
The Short Story
PRISEM is a shared regional cyber security monitoring system, which aggregates and processes cyber event data, provides correlated alerts on threat conditions, and extends situational awareness for public-sector organizations across the Puget Sound area. Currently, PRISEM serves 7 cities and…
In the confusion and chaos surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, it's easy to overlook the fundamentals of cybersecurity. With the sudden influx of virtual meetings occurring in tandem with the dramatic increase in teleworking across the United States, security has become more important than ever.
To address this issue, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently…
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's "Pink Elephant Unicorn" event in Richland, held July 13-14, attracted dozens of people eager to test their cybersecurity skills in a Capture the Flag, CTF, competition.
The event was open to anyone interested in learning about cybersecurity, regardless of skill level. In addition to the CTF competition, there also were cybersecurity…
This fall a number of agencies have developed and published open data plans. It's been a great period for open data all around Olympia, and we're looking forward to even better as we go from planning to doing in the months to come.
Here's a quick dashboard of the plans from all around state government:
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