Cybersecurity Dive February 28, 2025
State and local governments need additional resources, shared intelligence and coordination, an MS-ISAC report showed.
Dive Brief:
- State and local communities are facing a rise in cyber threats from nation-state-linked and criminal threat groups, which in many cases are looking to undermine confidence in public institutions, according to a report by the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
- Much of the nation’s critical infrastructure is owned and operated at the state or local level, which underscores the need to develop more resilient systems, share threat intelligence and prepare for coordinated incident response.
- State and local governments have raised concerns in recent years about the need for additional resources, including funding, technology upgrades and trained personnel who can monitor...