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Howard County’s Top 5 government stories of 2016

1. Howard County moves to vote centers

In March, Howard County officials approved the final plan to bring vote centers to the county. The Howard County Election Board, County Council and County Commissioners agreed to implement 15 vote center locations – a decision that played a major role in the 2016 primary and general elections.

Lessons from the World’s Most Famous Hacker

Last week, Kevin Mitnick visited Melbourne as part of a tour. He spoke to an audience of security professionals from a wide range of different industries about his start as a black-hat hacker, i.e. using his skills to break into systems to steal data, through to his present career as a white-hat hacker, i.e. conducting penetration tests for major companies all over the world.