Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch in Illinois’ Retail Industry

Illinois’ retail sector spans national pharmacy chains, beauty brands, industrial distribution platforms, and large-scale consumer businesses that rely on secure operations across stores, digital channels, supply chains, and enterprise systems. The leaders ...

Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch in Illinois’ Manufacturing Industry

Illinois’ manufacturing base spans industrial equipment, automation, building materials, welding, and complex enterprise operations that increasingly depend on secure software, resilient infrastructure, and disciplined risk management. The leaders in this feature reflect ...

Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch in Illinois Financial Services Industry

Illinois remains one of the country’s most important financial hubs, with institutions spanning global custody and wealth management, derivatives markets, mortgage lending, commercial banking, and broader financial infrastructure. The cybersecurity leaders in ...

Female CISOs to Watch in Illinois

Illinois is home to a cybersecurity leadership bench that stretches across healthcare, higher education, industrial assurance, and aviation. The women featured here are helping secure environments where trust, safety, privacy, and operational ...
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Richland County CUSD Finds “More Bang for the Buck” with ManagedMethods

Choosing Cloud Monitor Provides Stronger Safety Alerts, Cybersecurity Protection, and Peace of Mind—All Within Budget At Richland County Community Unit School District #1 in Illinois, Technology Coordinator Ryan Roark has spent 17 ...
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A “No-Brainer” Investment: Proactive Google Safety and Security with Cloud Monitor

Bureau Valley CUSD Protects Students and Data While Maximizing Budget and Efficiency Bureau Valley Community Unit School District (CUSD) in Manlius, Illinois, serves approximately 900 students and 180 faculty and staff. It ...
‘Glitch’ in Illinois’ PUA System Blamed for Exposing SSNs, Private Data

‘Glitch’ in Illinois’ PUA System Blamed for Exposing SSNs, Private Data

Government officials said that a glitch in the State of Illinois’ Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program exposed thousands of people’s Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and other private data. Jordan Abudayyeh, a spokesperson ...
Illinois Public Health Dept’s Website Went Down After NetWalker Attack

Illinois Public Health Dept’s Website Went Down After NetWalker Attack

The website for a public health department in Illinois went down after the agency suffered a NetWalker ransomware attack. According to local media reports, officials at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (C-UPHD) ...
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Facebook’s Latest Privacy FAIL Costs Company $550M

Facebook has settled a class-action in Illinois for $550 million. It’s alleged that the social network’s face-recognition algorithms are illegal in the Prairie State ...
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Ransomware cripples Internet and phone lines at Rockford Public Schools District

Ransomware cripples Internet and phone lines at Rockford Public Schools District

A ransomware attack on Rockford Public Schools (RPS) District 205 in the State of Illinois has downed school systems, including phone lines, the district said in a letter to staff and parents ...