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...
by | Oct 11, 2021 | Newsletter
By Phani Kolli, Chief, Security Operations Section As stewards of the state’s financial data, FI$Cal’s Information Technology Division (ITD) works tirelessly every day to ensure the integrity of that data. More than $3.2 trillion in banking transactions and over...
by | Feb 4, 2021 | Newsletter
The Department of FISCal (FI$Cal) has changed its process for Acceptable Use Agreements (AUA). End users received email notice of the change on December 11, 2020. Previously, FI$Cal required end users to annually submit an AUA form via email to acknowledge that they...
