by | Oct 14, 2024 | Newsletter
Just in time for October’s Cybersecurity Awareness month, the Department of FISCal (FI$Cal) is pleased to announce its new chief information security officer (CISO), following the retirement of our previous CISO. Amit Biswas brings 25 years of information technology...
by | Apr 12, 2024 | Newsletter
As part of its commitment to information security, the Department of FISCal implemented multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all user accounts on March 15, 2024. MFA is an authentication method that requires a user to verify their identity using two different...
by | Oct 13, 2022 | Newsletter
By Ken Ketsdever, Chief of Information Security October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a time when government and industry collaborate to raise awareness about cybersecurity and help individuals protect themselves against cyber threats, which are becoming more and...
by | Jul 14, 2022 | Newsletter
This August through September, FI$Cal Chief of Information Security, Ken Ketsdever, will attend the California Department of Technology’s (CDT) Information Security Leadership Academy (ISLA). ISLA participants were required to submit an application, with participants...
by | Mar 9, 2022 | Newsletter
With over 31 terabytes of data and more than $3.3 trillion in cash management processed through the system each year, the security of the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) data and systems is a top priority within the department. The Department of...
