State and local governments face relentless cyber threats. Hackers are using technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to automate how they infiltrate systems and gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, making it more difficult for governments to prevent and effectively respond to these threats.
The threat landscape is evolving at a time when governments face a much wider attack surface. Hybrid work and expanded digital services have created a seemingly limitless perimeter. However, several emerging technologies — particularly AI and machine learning — will better equip governments to confront these threats and safeguard the valuable public information they collect.
A recent Center for Digital Government (CDG) survey of 103 state and local officials found governments face several challenges in executing an effective security strategy, namely a lack of cybersecurity skills among their workforce (46 percent), issues with integrating security tools (40 percent) and the inability to rapidly respond to threats (36 percent).
AI and machine learning can help governments address many of these challenges and…
