| TOP STORIES North Dakota Expands Cyberdefense with New Funding, Workforce
The state’s Cyber Operations Center is seeing the benefits of a $15.4 million funding boost. The investment will allow for the hiring of new staff and the deployment of new cybersecurity tools, officials say. READ MORE U.S. Military Launches AV, Smart City Pilot at Fort Carson
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is leading an autonomous vehicle pilot project at Fort Carson in Colorado as part of a partnership with the nonprofit group US Ignite. READ MORE Verizon Wants to Turn Fiber Networks into Citywide Sensors
A partnership between the telecommunications company and technology company NEC is looking at whether the fiber-optic networks coursing through cities can be used to glean real-world intelligence. READ MORE Three Vendors Partner on Digital ID Mobile App for Colorado
Ping Identity, ID DataWeb and ProofID worked with the Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology to create a back end for the myColorado app, which aims to modernize state IDs and improve residents' security. READ MORE | 
