State Chief Information Security Officer Bernice Russell-Bond recently joined WPTF Radio to discuss North Carolina's new partnership with GovRAMP to elevate cloud security standards and the cybersecurity internship program we've established with the Carolina Cyber Network.
Listen now for more about our efforts to keep North Carolina cybersecure.
North Carolina’s public sector faces an evolving cybersecurity landscape that demands real-time visibility, coordinated defenses and trustworthy data to guide decision making.
Staying alert and reporting suspicious activity helps protect state systems – and the North Carolinians we serve.
Today, March 5, is Slam the Scam Day – a reminder from the Social Security Administration about the growing threat of government impersonation scams. These schemes increasingly target individuals, businesses, and government agencies by creating urgency and demanding untraceable payments such as cryptocurrency, gift cards or wire transfers.
Every year around tax time, scammers ramp up phishing attacks, fake IRS messages and tax-related identity theft attempts, hoping to steal personal information or redirect refunds.
Importantly, though, these scams can occur at any time of the year.
NCDIT cybersecurity interns participating in a program designed to build a talent pipeline into the IT workforce are helping protect the state of North Carolina’s IT systems and the people who use them.
Jennifer Medina, a Wake Technical Community College graduate, and Jacob Wright, a Fayetteville Technical Community College student, are among the first interns through a partnership with the Carolina Cyber Network, comprised of 23 North Carolina universities and community colleges.
Scammers are increasingly using visually stylized QR codes to deliver phishing links, reports Help Net Security, a cybersecurity news outlet. QR code phishing (quishing) is already more difficult to detect because these codes deliver links without a visible URL.
Quishing attacks are even showing up on the streets of downtown Raleigh.
Chief Privacy Officer Martha Wewer recently highlighted how North Carolina is embedding privacy principles into everyday operations – year-round.
The N.C. Department of Information Technology shared resources and tips during Data Privacy Week, an international effort during the week of Jan. 26-30 to empower people and organizations to respect privacy, protect data and enable trust.
Explore the resources below to help you make confident, informed choices about what you share and how you protect it – at work and at home.
Did you know that every time you go online you create thousands of data points? From the websites you visit and the purchases you make to the apps you use and the devices you carry, your digital footprint is constantly expanding.
This information can include deeply personal details such as your Social Security number, your health data and even the number of steps you take each day. This data is collected, analyzed and stored by organizations across the globe.
While you cannot control every piece of data that is gathered, you can control how you protect it.