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A recent report finds that state, local and educational organizations, despite having lower profiles, are still at risk of a cyberattack.

The White House has released a cybersecurity plan that outlines over 60 federal initiatives including cybercrime and building a cyber workforce. 

Cadisha Miceli follows her passion for public service in her role as Senior Security Coordinator for the City of Toronto.

Law enforcement veteran Adrian Ruiz is fueled by her passion for public transit in her role as Director, Safety, Security and Quality Assurance at Valley Metro.

Service members across the United States military have reportedly been receiving unsolicited smartwatches in the mail, which is raising cybersecurity concerns.

The Justice Department recently announced the creation of the new National Security Cyber Section — known as NatSec Cyber — within its National Security Division. 

The Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) in Louisiana suffered a MOVEit data breach. MOVEit is a third party data transfer service used to send large files.

In response to smoke coming into the U.S. from Canadian wildfires, the White House is providing technology support to Canada's firefighting efforts.

CISA and global agencies released an advisory on LockBit detailing how it operates, the history of its development and common attack techniques.

According to research by Veracode, public sector applications tend to have more flaws and vulnerabilities than private sector applications.