National Association of Counties

SecurityScorecard Achieves StateRAMP®

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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SecurityScorecard , the global leader in security ratings, announced today that it achieved State Risk and Authorization Management (StateRAMP) pending status.

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  • SecurityScorecard , the global leader in security ratings, announced today that it achieved State Risk and Authorization Management (StateRAMP) pending status.
  • SecurityScorecard empowers hundreds of public sector organizations to deliver their missions and be more resilient.
  • StateRAMP covers each state's individual needs, making it possible for organizations like SecurityScorecard to meet the complex security cloud requirements for all states.
  • Visit the SecurityScorecard website for more information on SecurityScorecard for StateRAMP and FedRAMP.

Western Alliance Bank Hires Paulina Woo as Senior Director, Treasury Management – Corporate Finance, Public and Nonprofit Finance

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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Western Alliance Bank today announced that Paulina Woo has joined the organization as a senior director, treasury management, in the bank’s Corporate Finance and Public and Nonprofit Finance groups.

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  • Western Alliance Bank today announced that Paulina Woo has joined the organization as a senior director, treasury management, in the bank’s Corporate Finance and Public and Nonprofit Finance groups.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240212001163/en/
    Woo brings more than 15 years of experience providing investment advisory and treasury management consulting services to institutional and government clients across the western U.S.
  • She also sits on the Executive Board for the Women in Public Finance Rocky Mountain Region and participates in Women in Public Finance, National Association of Hispanic County Officials and Asian Americans in Public Finance.
  • “Western Alliance Bank provides a distinctive set of products, services and solutions to clients in these essential sectors of our economy.

16 House Republicans Take a Bite out of the Hinson-Marshall EATS Act

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Friday, October 6, 2023
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Late Thursday, 16 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives pushed back against the so-called Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, H.R.

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  • WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Late Thursday, 16 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives pushed back against the so-called Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, H.R.
  • Leaders of the EATS Act, Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, have positioned the bill as a regulatory solution by reverting to federal overreach.
  • Senators submitted a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee leadership opposing the EATS Act, and a coalition of over 170 U.S.
  • With the growing outrage over the EATS Act, the bill faces an uphill battle to be included in the Farm Bill.

1,500 Local Officials Deliver Letter to Congress Opposing Bigger Tractor-Trailers

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Monday, September 11, 2023
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The letter, entitled "Bigger Trucks: Bad for America's Local Communities" and organized by the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks , was delivered today to Capitol Hill offices.

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  • The letter, entitled "Bigger Trucks: Bad for America's Local Communities" and organized by the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks , was delivered today to Capitol Hill offices.
  • The joint letter states , "Local communities and our residents are what drive this country.
  • These trucks find their way on to local roads and bridges, whether it is for meals and gas or to deliver their cargo.
  • CABT supporters include law enforcement officers, local government officials, truck drivers, motorists, safety advocates, railroads and trucking companies.

Celerium-NACo Cybersecurity Pilot Program Helps County Governments Detect, Disrupt, and Deter Compromise Activity

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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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TYSONS CORNER, Va., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Celerium Inc., a leading cyber defense company, successfully completed a pilot of its Compromise Defender™ solution with the National Association of Counties (NACo). The purpose of the pilot was to provide advanced tools for county IT staff to support early detection of and defense against cyberattacks.

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  • The four-month pilot program leveraged Celerium's Compromise Defender™ solution to assess cyber threat activity and provide defensive measures against network threats and potential cyber compromise activity.
  • The purpose of the pilot was to provide advanced tools for county IT staff to support early detection of and defense against cyberattacks.
  • The Compromise Defender solution focuses on the science of cyber compromise activity detection and defense.
  • High-profile emerging cyber threats related to the MOVEit vulnerability and increased Truebot activity occurred during the course of the pilot.

NOBCO Announces Relocation of 2023 Annual Economic Development Conference in Miami-Dade County, Florida in Solidarity with NAACP's Travel Advisory

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
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The conference will be moved to Charlotte - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in mid-October of 2023.

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  • The conference will be moved to Charlotte - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in mid-October of 2023.
  • "Moving the NOBCO conference out of Florida is a difficult decision, but it is one that aligns with our core commitment to social justice.
  • We believe that by standing in solidarity with the NAACP we send a clear message that racial equality is non-negotiable.
  • NOBCO strongly condemns the passage of race-based laws by the Florida legislature and their subsequent signing into law by the governor.

Robeson County, NC Selects PortalGuard® Identity and Access Management Cloud Platform for Enhanced Desktop Security and Insurance and Compliance Requirements

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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ROBESON, N.C. and WALL, N.J., Feb. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer identity and access management (IAM) solutions featuring Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB), announced that Robeson County, NC selected its PortalGuard IDaaS® platform for improved security for desktop and application access and to meet regulatory and insurance compliance.

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  • ROBESON, N.C. and WALL, N.J., Feb. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer identity and access management (IAM) solutions featuring Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB), announced that Robeson County, NC selected its PortalGuard IDaaS® platform for improved security for desktop and application access and to meet regulatory and insurance compliance.
  • PortalGuard continues to gain traction helping the public sector combat the most imminent cyber security threats to protect critical infrastructure better.
  • Robeson County joins Robeson Community College in using PortalGuard for IAM requirements.
  • The County's IT team is enhancing its workstation login security by using BIO-key's FIDO security keys as the primary authentication method for Microsoft Windows access.

Florida County Governments Select BIO-key's PortalGuard® Identity and Access Platform to Secure Their Election Operations

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Monday, December 5, 2022
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BIO-key is now supporting seven Florida counties and their elections operations.

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  • BIO-key is now supporting seven Florida counties and their elections operations.
  • The public sector is facing increasing pressure from cyber security threats that seek to steal data or disrupt county government election operations.
  • Counties throughout the United States have trusted PortalGuard's proven IAM solutions to enable secure, compliant, and convenient access to enterprise applications and data.
  • "County governments select our PortalGuard platform because it combines proven security capabilities with superior convenience and affordability while ensuring that only authorized users are granted access to county data.

Six US County Governments Select BIO-key's PortalGuard® Identity and Access Platform to Provide Cybersecurity Resilience

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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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County governments are facing a cascade of ransomware attacks targeting the public sector, so they require proven IAM solutions like PortalGuard that enable secure and convenient access to devices, information, applications, and transactions.

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  • County governments are facing a cascade of ransomware attacks targeting the public sector, so they require proven IAM solutions like PortalGuard that enable secure and convenient access to devices, information, applications, and transactions.
  • County Governments are selecting PortalGuard over competitive solutions because of its flexible multi-factor authentication (MFA) capabilities and tight integration with highly secure Identity-Bound Biometrics.
  • "We assist county governments in delivering successful security solutions to prevent cyberattacks and better protect citizens, businesses, and critical infrastructure.
  • BIO-key's PortalGuard has proven security capabilities that provide our customers with superior convenience and affordability while ensuring that only authorized users are granted access to county data."

Broward County Library's Marketing Section Wins Five National Awards

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Friday, September 23, 2022
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BROWARD COUNTY, Fla., Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broward County Libraries Division received five awards from the National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO) Awards of Excellence program, including two "Best in Class" awards, the competition's highest level of honor, given to only one entry per category.

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  • BROWARD COUNTY, Fla., Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broward County Libraries Division received five awards from the National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO) Awards of Excellence program, including two "Best in Class" awards, the competition's highest level of honor, given to only one entry per category.
  • NACIO Awards of Excellence recognize outstanding public information and community outreach efforts by local governments.
  • "It is an honor to be recognized by our professional peers," says Broward County Libraries Director Allison Grubbs.
  • In 2019, Broward County Library collaborated with the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to open the Broward County FLLibrary, a satellite library in the airport featuring custom graphics thatguide guests to QR codes on the wall that access free streaming content from the Library.