Parham Eftekhari, Executive Director at the Cybersecurity Collaborative, and Hemant Desai, Chief Information Officer at the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), discuss the universal threat of cyber-attacks and the unique challenges local governments face as high-profile targets, including:
- What are best practices?
- What do we prioritize?
- How can we train a reluctant staff?
- How to translate between a city manager and the CTO role?
- How can we demonstrate urgency to gain more resources?
- What are realistic and measurable goals beyond did we suffer a major attack or not?
Resources:
ICMA Cybersecurity Leadership Academy
Cybersecurity Collaborative
Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency
Cybersecurity Considerations to Implement IoT
