A new e-book from GovRAMP offers a back-to-basics cybersecurity guide for state agencies. Cybersecurity 101: Understanding Risk and Resilience, published October 30, presents a compilation of 12 cybersecurity concepts—from understanding risk to strengthening privacy, policy and compliance practices. “Cybersecurity risk management isn’t a singular challenge. It’s made up of many moving parts,” explains GovRAMP. “For government teams and the cloud service providers that support them, understanding those parts is essential to protecting data, maintaining trust, and keeping public services running.” The guide explains to public-sector teams how secure systems safeguard individuals, services and public trust.
In the latest episode of Regulation Matters: a CLEAR Conversation, host Line Dempsey talks with exam security experts about the evolving challenges in licensure exam integrity. On the podcast from the Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation, they discuss methods to prevent cheating, such as advanced room scans, AI-based proctoring and undercover investigations. In addition, they examine issues like organized fraud, proxy testing, deepfakes, and generative AI. On the November 10 episode, the panel highlights the importance of collaboration, education and deterrence to uphold public trust in licensed professions.
“CLEAR’s Examination Resources and Advisory Committee, or ERAC as we call it, proposed taking a look at this topic based on examples of security incidents we hear about from our CLEAR members, as well as the plethora of information on the Internet showing various ways that candidates attempt to cheat on high-stakes exams,” explained Dempsey. “For regulators, you know, protecting an exam means protecting the pathway into a licensure profession and ultimately protecting the public.”
Leaders of Indiana’s General Assembly’s Government Reform Task Force plan to sponsor a bill to help eliminate or consolidate an undetermined number of the state’s 250 boards and commissions. According to the Indiana Capital Chronicle on November 10, legislators say they lack “transparency or visibility” on how some of the boards and commissions spend taxpayer dollars. The article offers examples of the range of board activity, with one board meeting regularly and another not meeting in three years. Jason Shelley, executive director for the Indiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, raised concerns related to suggestions of getting rid of the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; he pointed to worries around “expensive and bureaucratic hoops to jump through.”