As attacks rise, state turning corner in cybersecurity threats | Boston
As attacks rise, state turning corner in cybersecurity threats | Boston
Publish Date: 2026-03-14 10:45:00
Source Domain: www.eagletribune.com
BOSTON — Cybersecurity vulnerabilities across the executive branch were “significantly reduced” last year, at a time when Massachusetts residents have become increasingly interactive online with state government, according to the state’s top technology official.
Massachusetts’ Security Operations Center (SOC) handled over 41,000 security events across the executive agency landscape in 2025, Technology Services and Security Secretary Jason Snyder told lawmakers while testifying at a Ways and Means budget hearing Monday in Barnstable.
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