By Alfred Ng and Mark Serrels, CNET
According to Capital One, data from more than 100 million U.S. citizens and 6 million Canadian residents has been stolen by a hacker. If you applied for a credit card from the U.S. bank between 2005 through 2019, your information is likely part of this breach, reads the statement.

I would like to take a few moments to offer my thanks and appreciation for being allowed to serve as the TAGITM President for 2018-2019. It was truly an honor to represent the organization. I am hopeful we continue to see growth at the conference in our education offerings and our membership base by opening our borders just a bit. Ha, I believe there was a similar theme of a conference in the past - Expanding our Borders.

As a result of recent cybersecurity legislation, the TAGTIM Board is undertaking an effort to create a closer partnership with DIR, specifically related to the implementation of HB 3834 – Cybersecurity Training and SB 64 – Cybersecurity events as a disaster and the establishment of an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAL). However, the board would like to leverage this opportunity to create a greater partnership with DIR on various programs that impact local government.

The 41st annual TAGITM conference is in the rear view mirror. I hope everyone that was able to attend had a great time and was able to walk away with some new ideas, plenty of networking time and maybe even some new contact info from fellow members and sponsors.

City of Midland is our spotlight member for this month. Read on for their plans, achievements, challenges and more.