cyber security

Governor Kay Ivey is applauding the federal indictment of two Sudanese nationals after their involvement in a cyberattack on Alabama. A federal grand jury indictment unsealed earlier this month charges these two individuals with operating and controlling Anonymous Sudan.

Governor Kay Ivey is launching the Artificial Intelligence Task Force’s first meeting. Following her 2024 State of the State address, Ivey signed Executive Order 738 to create a task force to recommend policies for the responsible and effective use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in state executive-branch agencies.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and GEOHuntsville will co-host the GeoResilience Summit, “Why Where Matters,” on Wednesday, April 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Jackson Center. The summit will showcase experts from government, industry and academia about national security and technological innovations in Huntsville.

Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said some state websites have been hit by a “denial-of-service” attack. That type of attack involves flooding a site with junk data to try and overwhelm it and knock it offline.

Alabama has taken first place in a new study, but it is nothing to be happy about. Cybercrime is on the rise and, according to VPN experts VPNPro, Alabama has suffered the highest losses to cybercrime than any other state.

Hearing impaired students are at UAH for a cybersecurity camp this week. The GenCyber camp teaches students about topics like internet safety and coding.…

The subject of cyber security is taking center stage in Huntsville today. The University of Alabama at Huntsville is hosting a cyber security summit to…

Alabama will soon be playing host to a meeting of attorneys general from across the South.The southern region of the National Association of Attorneys…

City officials in Mobile say its email system is functioning after a shutdown they blame on a cyber-attack.Al.com reports that the six-day shutdown…

The National Security Agency has designated Auburn University and three other schools as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations. The…