Cyberattacks - is Lakewood City Gov Prepared?

[cmager]

“Attempted ransomware attacks against local governments in the United States have become unnervingly common. A 2016 survey of chief information officers for jurisdictions across the country found that obtaining ransom was the most common purpose of cyberattacks on a city or county government, accounting for nearly one-third of all attacks.

The survey, conducted by the International City/County Management Association and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, also found that about one-quarter of local governments reported that they were experiencing attacks of one kind or another, successful or not, at least as often as once an hour.

Yet less than half of the local governments surveyed said they had developed a formal cybersecurity policy, and only 34 percent said they had a written strategy to recover from breaches.”

What have Summers and Butler done to prepare?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/c ... mware.html

[Stan Austin]

We still gotta be worried about pencil and paper attacks. We got stiffed for millions the old fashioned way.

[Jerry Ritcey]

It sounds mundane, but having a well-planned patching and upgrading policy is key. I have no idea what the city does though. In many cities, each department may have their own "rules".