Many families in Quebec have a daily life that is partly online. Moms and dads check their children's school portals, use their mobile phones to settle invoices and manage bank accounts, while the kids access digital platforms for schoolwork and stay in touch with relatives. A family album is shared right away with extended family living in the West Island or other areas, and vital papers are increasingly in digital format rather than paper. The comfort of this method is plain to see, but it also means that family members now have more sensitive personal data to protect than ever before.
In the recently passed budget, North Carolina lawmakers included $5 million for a statewide digital credential system for the state’s 58-school community college system. The budget provision includes technical requirements that appear to favor a politically-connected vendor that participated in a state pilot program last year. Who wrote the budget language remains unclear, but the […]
After a year of information gathering and piloting programs, Iowa State University is expanding its state-supported and federally funded cyber resilience program to political subdivisions across Iowa. The Ames university leads the Iowa Cyber Resilience Initiative through its Center for Cybersecurity Innovation and Outreach, center director Doug Jacobson said, supported by portions of $3 million […]
While the city of Corunna has yet to receive any proposals to develop a data center, the Shiawassee County Community has adopted an ordinance setting regulations on any prospective projects that would come to town, Matthew Bartow of The Argus-Press reports. In Augusta Charter Township, voters rejected a proposal to rezone more than 500 acres […]
• “Have thoughts about data centers and power bills? Share your input for the Virginia Energy Plan.” — WHRO • “(Department of Environmental Quality) study finds growing pressure on Eastern Virginia groundwater.” — Shore Daily News • “Lawmakers move forward with plans for childcare center for state employees.” — VPM News • “Loudoun supervisors mull data […]
(The Center Square) – New Orleans planning staff is recommending a citywide ban on large and hyperscale data centers while allowing smaller facilities under new zoning restrictions.
(The Center Square) - The Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology this week laid off 173 state employees and replaced the department director after two failed cybersecurity audits in recent years.
BOZEMAN, Mont. – The Bozeman School District announced that current and former staff members were affected by a data breach from a phishing campaign in March.
