Minnesota announced a new statewide cybersecurity plan designed to support local governments, tribal nations and K-12 school districts.

The Minnesota Department of Education said data on 95,000 students was breached in an ongoing exploit of the file transfer software MOVEit by the CL0P ransomware gang.

John Israel, a longtime Minnesota cyber official, had been serving as interim chief information security officer since last October.

Jay Wyant, Minnesota's chief information accessibility officer, said in a NASCIO publication that ensuring access for workers and users with disabilities is everyone's job.

Joshua Cinnamo, a data center project manager with Minnesota IT Services, represented the United States in shot put at the Tokyo Paralympics.

The ability to purchase technology at scale and enforce enterprise security standards are wins for the IT office, but agencies are divided on how it's performing.