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Old software makes new electoral systems ripe for hacking
An Associated Press analysis has found that like many counties in Pennsylvania, the vast majority of 10,000 election jurisdictions nationwide use Windows 7 or an older operating system to create ballots, program voting machines, tally votes and report counts. That’s significant because Windows 7 reaches its “end of life” and will no longer get support and patches.
Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
An increase in attacks means every user of technology must consider not only threats and vulnerabilities, but also operational processes, potential points of failure and how they use technology on a daily basis.
By Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
How agencies can protect legacy IT as they modernize
As the federal space makes the jump to the cloud and focuses on attracting young talent, there’s a real fear that mission-critical systems will become unprotected while the people that understand them become scarce.
By Eric Stuhl
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