Managing Editor

Colin Wood

Colin Wood is the managing editor of StateScoop and EdScoop. He’s reported on government information technology policy for the past decade, on topics including cybersecurity, IT management and governance, health care, public safety and criminal justice reform. He lives in the Sacramento area with his family.

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A screen displays an announcement about possible travel delays due to a global IT outage at Gatwick Airport on July 19, 2024, in Crawley, United Kingdom. Businesses, travel companies and Microsoft users across the globe were among those affected by the tech outage. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Cyberattacks may follow CrowdStrike outage, warns MS-ISAC

Cybersecurity

ANN ARBOR, MI – JULY 30: The University Of Michigan North Campus signage at the University Of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan on July 30, 2019. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

U. Michigan restores campus internet after cyberattack disrupts first week of classes

Cybersecurity

Emergency medical dispatchers coordinate ambulances on April 23, 2020 in Malden, Massachusetts. (Photo by David Degner/Getty Images).

Many public safety agencies remain unequipped to defend against cyberattacks

Technology