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Mission Statement
Protecting Idaho citizens’ privacy by safeguarding Idaho’s information, data, systems and infrastructure while establishing strong cybersecurity leadership, awareness and training, best practices, and partnerships.
The Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) intends to solicit assistance from the Department of Defense’ Innovative Readiness Training Program. This assistance will include Information Security maturity, resilience, and incident response projects to support the State of Idaho’s cybersecurity needs. This assistance will take place at 11311 W. Chinden Boulevard in Boise, Idaho throughout Federal Fiscal Year Oct 1st – Sept 30th 2022-2025. Contractors, labor unions or private individuals who have questions or who wish to voice opposition to Idaho National Guard assistance for this project may contact John Brown (its.ciso@its.idaho.gov) at the Office of Information Technology Services no later than 30 days after the publication of this notice. Persons not filing comments within this timeframe will be considered to have no comments or concerns regarding Idaho National Guard assistance to ITS and this project.
Recent Cybersecurity News
Krebs on Security
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- Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2023 Edition
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Threatpost
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- iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days
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