Gov. John Bel Edwards (La.) and Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis of the La. National Guard announced plans to establish a major cybersecurity center on the Water Campus south of downtown Baton Rouge. 

In our digital economy, data is the key to smooth functionality of everything from the government to small local companies. Without data, progress would grind to a halt. And the more sources of data you can mine, and the more data streams you can blend, the greater the value. Therefore, as more and more devices are brought online and integrated with others, the value of data only continues to grow.

It’s helpful to reflect on where we are now versus where we are going. Today, there is still more discussion about what might be possible than actual physical products on the market. Much of the conversation centers on practical ways to utilize deep learning and neural networks and how these techniques can improve analytics and significantly reduce false-positives for important events. 

Eighty percent of surveyed small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) rank IT security as a top business priority, with 29 percent spending less than $1,000 on IT security annually, according to a new Untangle 2019 "SMB IT Security Report". 

As anyone working in IT Security knows, Wi-Fi connectivity is a double-edged sword. 

More than half of logins (53%) on social media sites are fraudulent and 25% of all new account applications on social media are fraud.

Employee errors or unintentional actions were behind 52 percent of incidents affecting operational technology and industrial control system (OT/ICS) networks last year, according to a new Kaspersky report “State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2019”.

Dr. Ian Bremmer, Expert on Global Geopolitics and Political Risk, will open the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2019, to be held September 8-12 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Many view smart cities as the future of urban living, promising to boost the efficiency and effectiveness of city services and the quality of life for residents while helping cities keep pace with growth and the associated pressure on aging infrastructures.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has named DeAngela Burns-Wallace as the state's new Chief Information Technology Officer for the Kansas Office of Information Technology Services (OITS).