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Initial plans for New York's State Cybersecurity Grant program have been revealed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, reports StateScoop.

Improved defenses against insider data breaches have been aimed by California-based data security startup Cyberhaven with its new Linea AI artificial intelligence service that integrates human-like insight in organizational data analyses, reports SiliconAngle.

Cybersecurity knowledge obtained from higher education was deemed somewhat, slightly, and not at all useful by 50% of information security professionals in the U.S. and 28 other countries, The Register reports.

Cybersecurity workers and infosec firms are well positioned to weather the layoff storm, experts say.

StateScoop reports that significantly more cyberattacks have been targeted at state and local governments in 2023, compared with the year prior.

Cybersecurity strategies are being developed in-house by 47% of mid-market organizations and while almost two-thirds have offered their employees cyber awareness and training programs, gaps remain, according to TechRadar.

Nearly 80,000 municipality and public school district employees across Massachusetts are poised to be given cyberattack prevention training under the state's new Municipal Cybersecurity Awareness Grant Program, which will be managed by the state's Office of Municipal and School Technology, StateScoop reports.