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Resources From DIR and CISA

October 19, 2022| TAC CIRA News

State and federal agencies are here to help with cybersecurity resources.

Multifactor authentication: Your second line of defense against online hackers

October 12, 2022| TAC CIRA News

Security practice can block 99.9% of attacks.

’It's not if but when’ is resounding message at County Technology Workshop

July 29, 2022| TAC CIRA News

While speaking in Nacogdoches County during May, state cybersecurity officer Tony Sauerhoff asked attendees to guess how many malicious connection attempts the state blocks in a 24-hour period. The guesses: 50,000 … over a million. The answer: 900 million.

Website Accessibility Tips & Resources

June 10, 2022| TAC CIRA News

There are certain steps you may take to help people with disabilities access your website’s information.

Is Your County’s Website Election-Ready?

February 17, 2022| TAC CIRA News

Ensure your county's voters have the election information they need to cast their ballots this fall with these recommendations from the League of Women Voters and the TAC County Information Resources Agency (TAC CIRA).

Meet the committee members

November 08, 2021| TAC CIRA News

TAC CIRA Advisory Committee to serve as ‘technology brain bank’

Cybersecurity tuneup

November 08, 2021| TAC CIRA News

How will your county mark National Cybersecurity Month this October? Perhaps a cybersecurity tuneup is just the ticket.

County IT pros to inform TAC’s tech agenda

November 08, 2021| TAC CIRA News

The TAC County Information Resources Agency (TAC CIRA) Board Chair Jacques Blanchette, Tyler County Judge, appointed a slate of county IT professionals to the TAC CIRA advisory committee in June.

TAC CIRA begins county email migrations to upgraded service

April 27, 2021| TAC CIRA News

Revamped email services offer counties increased security and features

Strategic partnerships, planning key to protecting county IT networks

April 12, 2021| TAC CIRA News

Reduce risk and add value with information security plans that include business drivers

TAC CIRA revamps email services

April 12, 2021| TAC CIRA News

Lock in your preferred migration dates today

Have you enrolled in TAC's cybersecurity course?

April 12, 2021| TAC CIRA News

Free online class meets Texas' compliance requirements

Tom Green County IT department gets creative to tackle COVID-19 challenge

February 11, 2021| TAC CIRA News

2020 has been the year for creative thinking and endless opportunities for information technology departments in county government.

TAC CIRA services to get enhanced security

February 11, 2021| TAC CIRA News

TAC CIRA is taking proactive steps to ensure that counties' email accounts and websites keep pace with the evolving technology and security landscape.

Have you enrolled? Free cybersecurity compliance training for counties

February 11, 2021| TAC CIRA News

Increase your county personnel's cybersecurity knowledge and stay in compliance with House Bill 3834.

Is Your County's Website Election-Ready?

September 16, 2020| TAC CIRA News

Ensure your county's voters have the election information they need to cast their ballots this fall with these recommendations from the League of Women Voters and TAC County Information Resources Agency (TAC CIRA).

Website Accessibility Tips & Resources

August 07, 2020| TAC CIRA News

There are certain steps you may take to help people with disabilities access your website’s information.

Website Posting Requirements

May 14, 2020| TAC CIRA News

Regarding the posting of elected officer information, HB 305 requires a county to post each elected officer of the political subdivision, but makes no mention of contact information for those officers. SB 2, however, contains provisions that do require the posting of contact information for certain officers.

Updated County Website Posting Requirements

September 26, 2019| TAC CIRA News

Following the 86th legislative session, there were many updates to the list of website postings that counties are required to maintain. Download the updated list of county website posting requirements compiled by TAC staff.

TAC-CIRA Emails going to your Junk Mail

August 27, 2019| TAC CIRA News

We have gotten recent reports that some of TAC-CIRA’s email responses are not making it to your inboxes. We ask that you check your Junk Email to see if our responses are going to that folder. If so, please re-classify emails from us so that they go directly to your inbox.

Counties Now Legally Required to Have Website

June 18, 2019| TAC CIRA News

TAC CIRA's website has a new look and a new home on www.county.org, the Texas Association of Counties' website. Check out the new TAC CIRA landing page, County.org/TAC-CIRA.

TAC CIRA's Website Has Moved to County.org

May 22, 2019| TAC CIRA News

TAC CIRA's website has a new look and a new home on www.county.org, the Texas Association of Counties' website. Check out the new TAC CIRA landing page, County.org/TAC-CIRA.


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