On Friday, February 28, 2020 the Washington House Innovation, Technology & Economic Development Committee (ITED) voted to pass a strengthened version of the Washington Privacy Act (WPA) out of committee. On February 14, the Washington Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the WPA. Yet, after moving to the House, the WPA encountered substantial resistance from privacy advocates. At a public hearing on February 21, 2020 privacy advocates argued against the WPA’s lack of a private right of action, facial recognition provisions and preemption of local laws, among other things.

Public K-12 education agencies across the country experienced a total of 348 cybersecurity incidents during calendar year 2019, says a report from the  K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center.

There is a major security gap that is obvious, important and urgent: the ability to know if privileged accounts and services are compromised.

The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) announced a program designed to prepare more Georgians with the technology skills necessary for careers utilizing cloud technologies.

Walgreens, the second-largest pharmacy store chain in the United States behind CVS Health, announced that its mobile app leaked users' personal data. 

Any cut-and-paste data temporarily stored to an iPhone or iPad’s memory can be accessed by all apps - malicious or not - installed on a device. 

Instead of blocking hackers, a new cybersecurity defense approach developed by University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists actually welcomes them.

A new report, “The CISO View: Protecting Privileged Access in Robotic Process Automation," shares recommendations from information security executives at Global 1000 enterprises.