Cybersecurity Stays Front-of-Mind in 2023 Day 1

The COVID-19 pandemic forced public sector agencies across the country to rely on their IT to deliver services to customers. The “forced evolution” of systems can be seen as a long-term benefit, but it also amplified the vulnerability of communities to potentially serious cyberattacks.

For instance, the threat of ransomware continues to grow as cyber criminals target managed service providers, the cloud, and the software supply chain. These bad actors even have begun timing their attacks for weekends and holidays, handicapping cyber professionals’ ability to defend against them promptly.

Since there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach for an IT organizational structure – whether at the state or local level, or for educational agencies and institutions – each agency must learn to adapt best practices to its particular environment to mitigate cyber threats.

Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss the role that federal agencies such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency can play in enhancing protection of state and local critical infrastructure, including IT, and best practices for detecting and remediating malware such as ransomware.