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Cybersecurity Press Releases
Gov. Cooper Encourages North Carolina High School Girls to Join Innovative Cybersecurity Competition
North Carolina high school girls are encouraged to compete in Girls Go CyberStart, an innovative cybersecurity training partnership with the SANS Institute.
Eric Boyette, secretary of NCDIT and State CIO was named Public Sector CIO of the Year by NC TECH for the organization’s annual awards. NCDIT also won the inaugural Public Sector Project award for its Cloud Services project.
Eric Boyette, secretary of NCDIT and the State CIO, has been elected president of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
North Carolina is participating in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month to encourage the public to protect their online data and privacy.
Officials with NCDIT are urging North Carolinians to be cautious of cybercrime and social media scams associated Hurricane Dorian.
Law enforcement has a new tool that allows them to search anywhere, on any device, for criminal records.
NCDIT is advising people to carefully monitor solicitations and other communications they receive during the coming holiday season.
Local, state and federal officials will learn how to strengthen the state's planning for cyberattacks and make recommendations for updating cybersecurity laws.
The initiative is part of a monthlong campaign by NCDIT to educate people about cybersecurity threats and ways they can guard against them.
Malicious emails sent to the state of North Carolina increased more than 60 percent during the days leading up to the landfall of Hurricane Florence.