North Carolina s new top cyber official wants to empower people
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Washington state auditor faulted for not disclosing breach sooner
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Washington Chief Information Officer Jim Weaver will soon step down to take a role as the CIO of North Carolina, both states’ IT departments announced Wednesday.
Weaver, who spent more than three decades serving the Pennsylvania state government, including three years as the statewide chief technology officer, left in 2018 for Washington Technology Solutions, where he was tasked with turning around an organization that had built a reputation with its customer agencies as autocratic and uncommunicative.
The date of Weaver’s transition to become the top official at the North Carolina Department of Information Technology hasn’t been finalized, according to WaTech’s announcement. The state also hasn’t yet named a replacement.
After Mass Data Breach, State Wants Improved Cybersecurity Washington state has been the victim of massive unemployment fraud and a data breach that exposed 1 million people’s personal data. Lawmakers want to improve cybersecurity and data sharing to prevent future cyberattacks. Laurel Demkovich, The Spokesman-Review | February 11, 2021 | News
(TNS) Washington state lawmakers are hoping to improve cybersecurity and data sharing within the state government after a fraud attack at the Employment Security Department cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars last year and a breach involving the State Auditor s Office exposed more than 1 million people s personal information.
If passed, the two bills heard in committee Tuesday would boost cybersecurity at state government agencies. A bill requested by Gov. Jay Inslee would create an Office of Cybersecurity to work with state agencies to create security stan