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Florida's New MFA Rule for Its Cannabis Registry Shows Where Every State Registry Is Headed
Florida just added multifactor authentication to its Medical Marijuana Use Registry with a two-sentence notice and three weeks' warning. For registry vendors and the agencies that rely on them, the real story isn't the deadline, it's how long a system holding this much sensitive data ran without it.
What Florida's DMV Breach Reveals About Shadow IT in Government Systems
A Plant City police employee's personal device, not a flaw in Florida's core database, is what let hackers walk off with hundreds of thousands of driver records. The lesson for agencies has nothing to do with firewalls.
Georgia's New GovRAMP Mandate Is a Preview of Where Every State Is Headed
Georgia's cloud vendors now have a hard deadline for GovRAMP validation, and North Carolina, Texas, and Nevada already moved first. Here's what the pattern means for any agency buying cloud software.
What the C-Track Breach Reveals About Vendor-Held Backup Data in Government Systems
Thomson Reuters disclosed that court data sat exposed in a West Publishing backup environment for four months. The real lesson isn't about one vendor. It's about who's tracking your copies.
South Dakota Is Rewriting 37 Sections of Its Cannabis Rules. Here's What That Means for Registry Systems
South Dakota's Department of Health just proposed changes to 37 sections of its medical marijuana rules as patient enrollment nears 20,000. It's a reminder that cannabis registries have to be built to absorb regulatory change, not just launch-day compliance.
Utah's New Cannabis Purchase-History Search Shows What Governed Data Integration Actually Looks Like
Utah just gave pharmacists and providers a same-day view into medical marijuana purchase history, pulled straight from the state's dispensing system into its Controlled Substance Database. It's a small feature with a lesson worth stealing.
What Hawaii's Cannabis Registry Migration Reveals About Government System Transition Risk
Hawaii is replacing its entire medical cannabis patient registry this month, and the transition plan includes a rule that deletes unresolved applications if they aren't fixed in time. It's a useful case study in what happens when a system cutover isn't built to be governed.
Mandatory Cybersecurity Reviews: What West Virginia's New Law Means for Government IT Vendors
West Virginia just turned annual cybersecurity reviews from a suggestion into a legal requirement, with real financial consequences for agencies that skip them. Here's why that shift matters for every vendor selling into state and local government.
Georgia's Cannabis Registry Surge Shows Why Government Systems Need to Scale on Demand
Georgia's medical cannabis registry grew 22 percent in seven weeks after a law expanded eligibility, and verification times quadrupled. It's a preview of what any state registry faces when policy succeeds faster than the system behind it.