How frequently are local governments the victims of cyberattacks, incidents, and breaches? How are they protecting themselves? And what do they say they need most to ensure high levels of cybersecurity?
To answer questions like these, ICMA has just launched a survey to gather data on local government cybersecurity practices, policies, and problems.
The survey is addressed to the chief information officer (CIO) in each jurisdiction, and we urge ICMA members and other chief administrators to alert their CIOs to the survey and encourage them to complete it. Aggregate data will be published, but the responses of individual jurisdictions will be kept confidential.
ICMA is conducting the survey in partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Among the topics included are:
- Cybersecurity staffing
- Types of cyberattacks reported
- Policies, practices, and tools local governments employ to improve cybersecurity
- Barriers to improvement.
ICMA has begun to assemble cybersecurity resources and will use the survey results to help expand our offerings. Examples:
Blog posts
New Resource: Cyber Disruption Response Planning Guide
How You Can Protect Your Community from Getting Cyber Hacked
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Documents
Cyber Disruption Response Planning Checklist
Local Government Guide to Cyber Security
Webinar
Cybersecurity for Local Governments (presented May 30, 2013; available on CD-ROM)
We invite local governments to send us copies of their internal policies that can be shared with others as models. Submit your copy here.
New, Reduced Membership Dues
A new, reduced dues rate is available for CAOs/ACAOs, along with additional discounts for those in smaller communities, has been implemented. Learn more and be sure to join or renew today!
