The White House’s recent shift in cyber risk management represents a pivotal moment for state and local agencies.
With the release of the National Resilience Strategy, state and local agencies now bear the responsibility of making critical infrastructure decisions to address growing domestic and foreign cyber threats. Moreover, the implementation of major federal budget reductions has forced states to fight for the protection of critical election systems and public service infrastructure.
States also face pre-existing cyber risk management challenges, such as navigating budget constraints, workforce shortages, work silos and tool fragmentation across different agencies. In fact, nearly 40% of chief information security officers report insufficient funding for adequate cybersecurity measures.
The desired results extend beyond tool implementation and threat response as agencies must develop a new approach to consolidate tools and manage cyber risks effectively.
Relying on siloed tools is not effective against advanced ransomware attacks or cyberattacks powered by generative artificial intelligence.
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