On this week’s episode of the Priorities podcast, Christopher Bramwell, Utah’s government operations privacy officer, outlines his approach to incubating a culture of data privacy across state government.

https://statescoop.com/utah-data-privacy-certified-professionals/

New York CIO Angelo “Tony” Riddick says the state saw “a recent uptick in traffic with IP addresses originating in Russia.”

https://statescoop.com/russian-cyber-threat-new-york-angelo-riddick/

In the news this week:

Virginia has a new chief data officer.

https://statescoop.com/virginia-chief-data-officer-ken-pfeil/

https://statescoop.com/virginia-cdo-ken-pfeil-interview/

Ransomware is “straining” local government services, according to a new bulletin from the FBI.

https://statescoop.com/fbi-ransomware-local-government/

State IT leaders are “still waiting to hear” from federal government officials on what programs will be allowed under a new federal cybersecurity grant program.

https://statescoop.com/state-tech-leaders-cyber-grants/

https://statescoop.com/state-local-cyber-grant-program-summer-cisa/

StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast is available every Thursday.

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www.prioritiespodcast.com