The pandemic exposed cybersecurity shortcomings, NASCIO study finds

StateScoop: Like their CIO colleagues, state chief information security officers have faced no shortage of new and sudden challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a biennial survey released Wednesday by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.

For the past seven months, state CISOs have moved quickly to ensure their state government workforces can work remotely without sacrificing network security. They expanded the use of VPNs, firewalls and multi-factor authentication and responded to widespread financial fraud targeting overworked unemployment benefits systems.

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