2018 Events Government Mining 
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
In March 2018, the city of Atlanta fell victim to a ransomware attack that shut down its computer network. It’s easy to think of it as a problem the federal government must address or something that enterprises deal with, but cybersecurity has to be addressed closer to home, as well. City agencies were unable to collect payment.
IT Governance
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. February saw a surge in surreptitious cryptomining or ‘cryptojacking’.
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Krebs on Security
JULY 4, 2020
One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
This week, we discuss the use of cryptocurrency mining software on numerous government websites, a phishing scam that robbed Bee Token investors of $1 million and cyber attacks on the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. We have no evidence that Bee Token itself was compromised by this event. Here are this week’s stories.
Unwritten Record
MARCH 25, 2021
You may have heard that the National Archives is partnering with the University of Maryland Cinema and Media Studies Program to present Films of State , an online conference on government-produced moving images (if not, check out my last blog post for more background).
Archive-It
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Archive-It 2018 Partner Meeting resources are now online. In case you missed it: the half-day program included reports out from partners applying new metadata profiles and workflows, coordinating among inter-agency government record retention programs, and breakout discussions of half-a-dozen technology and planning topics.
CGI
JANUARY 10, 2018
Wed, 01/10/2018 - 15:25. They could also capture the household recycling data, add data visualizations, and sell or share that to other companies, local governments or environmental agencies. A variety of open data could be owned by or at least available to the city to monitor, control and predict events.
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