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August 14, 2025Russia-linked threat actors allegedly seized control of a Norwegian hydroelectric dam and caused a torrent of water to gush out unnoticed for several hours. That's the claim from Norwegian Police Security Service (PST), which took the extraordinary step...

August 5, 2025PISCES' latest expansion state is Hawai'i. We're partnering with the State of Hawaii, Cyber Hawai'i, and University of Hawai'i to bring cyber monitoring to local governments, public utilities, and rural healthcare in the Aloha State. With the University...

June 24, 2025Rural healthcare providers across the United States face an increasing cybersecurity crisis as they struggle with limited funding, shortages in cybersecurity and IT expertise, and unending threats from savvy and better-funded adversaries. With a...

March 19, 2025As uncertainty mounts about the level of cyber resources federal agencies will continue to offer healthcare entities and other critical infrastructure sectors during the current Trump administration, states will need to step up their support, said Mike...

March 15, 2025Mike Hamilton understands that being a CISO, or chief information security officer, is a Sisyphean task. For more than 30 years, the former CISO of Seattle and current field CISO at Lumifi Cybersecurity, a company that manages cybersecurity for...

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November 12, 2024We bring students the cyber workforce experience before they enter the workforce. Our real-world hands-on cybersecurity challenges are designed around and inspired by the most in-demand technical cyber work roles and the tasks those work roles must be...

March 15, 2025Try Cyber is a web application for cyber work role discovery and exploration. It provides the cyber curious free access to short 15-minute hands-on micro-challenges, where participants can experience a day-one internship as one of the ten supported NICE...

October 15, 2024The architect of the PISCES International cyber analyst curriculum Michael Tsikerdekis has published a book on taking you from zero to hero (no prerequisites) to ultimately become a security analyst. There are a bunch of illustrations to reduce the...

July 23, 2024(This article was originally published on SFCC) [SPOKANE, Wash.] — Kory Bruno grew up playing computer games where he could be one destroying data and hacking networks. Now the Spokane Falls Community College alumni spends every day doing top secret work...

April 22, 2024Intersect Insight LLC, an international business development and enterprise viability consultancy, has partnered with PISCES International to expand its global presence.   Intersect Insight will identify opportunities for partnerships among...

March 6, 2024Associate Professor Michael Tsikerdekis will spend 6 months in Greece in 2025 to research implementing a version of the Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System (PISCES) at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, working with...

January 8, 2024 (This article was originally published on Statescoop) The city of Beckley has said it’s still working to identify what data has been affected and how much of an impact that the incident has had on its system, which helps govern a population of roughly...

February 21, 2024In the heart of Big Sky Country, a new chapter in cybersecurity education is unfolding at the University of Montana Inside the scenic halls of University Center, a small team is emerging, ready to tackle the digital frontiers in partnership with...

November 10, 2023This advisory is for organizations that use Veeam ONE to monitor virtual infrastructure, backup infrastructure, and data protection environments. If your organization does not use this platform, this notification may be discarded. SummaryVeeam has...

September 12, 2023(This article was originally published on MSU Denver) For sophisticated hackers, small government agencies and local institutions can seem like sitting ducks. And while the federal government and major corporations all have generous budgets to fund...

March 29, 2023CyberSensei Mike Hamilton comes onto the CyberSensei podcast to discuss how to best prepare cybersecurity students for their jobs.

March 28, 2023In FY23 PISCES conducted a survey of all data sharing partners to better understand the community, students and assist in the planning process for the next cohort. Thirteen (13) data sharing partners were surveyed, ten (10) of which provided feedback. Of...

March 27, 2023The 5th Annual PISCES Academic Workshop will be held on 2 November 2023 in conjunction with the 27th CISSE at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia and on-line. The deadline is 15 September 2023. Paper topics may directly address PISCES or may...

March 17, 2023On 3/14/23 Microsoft released patches to address a critical vulnerability found in Microsoft Outlook for Windows. This vulnerability affects only Microsoft Outlook for Windows. Other versions such as those for Android, iOS, Mac, and Outlook/M365 on the...

February 16, 2023Red MSU Denver – MSU Denver, a PISCES partner, writes about their program working with neurodiverse cybersecurity students.

November 2, 2022 Domestic Preparedness – Executive director Steve Stein gives an overview of the program and some real cyber scenarios students have helped prevent.

September 22, 2022 CyberForce Competition 2022 Registration is now open for the DOE's 2022 CyberForce Competition® for both student teams and volunteers. Upon registering, you will be asked for your preference of in-person or virtual. Want to know about what to expect...

May 26, 2022 MeriTalk's Grace Dille discusses how smaller state and local governments (SLGs) often do not have the resources to build a robust IT department, and how cybercriminals often target these smaller agencies.

March 1, 2022RANE Insights Podcast – In this episode of the RANE Insights podcast, Greg Radner speaks with Michael Hamilton at Critical Insight Security about the challenges of defending against ever-increasing cybersecurity threats amid a revolution in work habits.

November 18, 2021Dice Insights – President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure spending bill into law on Nov. 15. PISCES’ Mike Hamilton discusses the new bill and its impacts on the cybersecurity talent gap, state and local governments, and the...

December 9, 2021HCA Magazine – An onslaught of ransomware attacks has compelled the US government to push for a cybersecurity hiring spree. Various experts discuss the nation’s new cyber efforts and PISCES.

November 13, 2021EndPoint – Public-sector cybersecurity workers are frustrated by the lack of government investment and the bureaucratic slowness to innovate. Mike Hamilton discusses pay and the widening talent gap in cybersecurity.

January 19, 2022Gov Info – PISCES’ Mike Hamilton discusses the challenges of talent retention in cybersecurity.