The move comes after hackers advertised a sale of stolen information from the authority online — despite the organization initially believing its technology had prevented any data theft.
The authority declined to comment on what information was being held ransom or how much was being demanded for its release.
News reports say that Flock Safety is operating without proper licensing, as the Texas Department of Public Safety has issued a cease-and-desist order. The company says it is complying and police departments so far aren't impacted.
The system, which includes three airports, is taking information about vendors that will put it on track for upcoming projects.
Hurricane Beryl left the city with more than 4.5 million cubic yards of storm debris.
A Wednesday vote affirmed general fund expenditures including about $103.3 million for IT, with cybersecurity and enterprise application programming receiving boosts.
The city continues to purchase Flock Safety cameras for law enforcement use. Texas is a top-three license plate scanning market.
The division’s proposed 2024-25 budget, totaling $103.3 million, rose about $3.7 million with cybersecurity and enterprise application programming receiving boosts.
Besides the construction of 40 new gates, the Terminal B project will also feature an upgraded ticketing lobby, baggage system, security processing area and other new amenities to improve travelers' experience.
The city is putting more of the cameras in parks and may expand to neighborhoods after a December City Council budget approval.
Hurricane Harvey, which hit Houston in 2017, offers lessons in how AI might help citizens during large-scale weather events.
Across Texas, CIOs and other leaders looked this year to long-term missions and goals and how to support them with IT, tech and communications.
The neighborhood library, set to open in February, will offer a podcast studio, music tech and up-to-date study spaces for its community.
The school district canceled its Verizon programming for Internet and free devices, but lawmakers disagree with that decision.
The partnership with Houston enables continuation of large-scale work to disrupt human trafficking.
The signs are part of a broader plan for intelligent transportation systems; however, only 36 work properly.
Several said they would push to cancel the city’s $3.5 million contract for gunshot detection technology.
The city’s health and public works departments and airport system are looking to recruit chief information security officers to oversee cyber and IT security plans.
One gap the funding would address is city trauma centers’ lack of uniform reporting of fatal and non-fatal gun violence injuries.
Two of the department’s three job openings would report to Houston IT’s enterprise application services division, and the third job would fall under enterprise infrastructure services.
Supporting 24 departments and about 13,000 full-time city employees, Houston Information Technology Services has a $99,586,000 budget and anticipates having 212.5 full-time positions in the coming year, according to budget documents.
The city's deputy CIO says low-friction, single interactions are what most residents want.
The state ranked third in 2022 for number of cyber crime victims, with thousands of criminal complaints.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is expected to allocate an extra $2 million to purchase dash cameras for 143 police vehicles.
These cities are large, fast-growing and have potential for big IT initiatives; one has started its fiscal year.
One of the city’s top projects is a $3.2 million replacement and upgrade of electrical switchgear to install new technology.
The city of Houston is looking to hire a senior staff analyst to oversee capital projects and a senior IT project manager to join its airport program management office.
The leadership role has an annual salary of at least $91,910, and the city will take applications through April.
At a recent Public Safety and Homeland Security meeting, officials questioned the efficacy and cost of the ShotSpotter deployment.
One of the city’s top projects is an $8.2 million upgrade of its older network equipment to a more maintainable and streamlined option.
The page featuring city news had links to various personal pursuits, now removed.
Bringing together multiple data points, the metro hopes to see more efficient transportation.
Airports, transportation authority and roads have money flowing in from Washington.
The alliance named 32 municipalities across the U.S., each working on various facets of digital inclusion.
The large city has adopted its new city budget and unveiled an open data portal to engender transparency and citizen awareness.
Four neighborhood-based projects seek to connect the underserved.
