Preparing Public Safety for a Cyber Incident Response

Preparing Public Safety for a Cyber Incident Response

Many Public Safety Agencies around the country have directly experienced the helpless feeling of seeing their Emergency Call Centers crippled by a cyber-attack. Unfortunately, we are constantly playing defense, and attacks in our industry have doubled year after year. Keeping your critical services going while fighting ransomware or other malicious viruses, is a daunting task. Having a Cyber Incident Response Plan is necessary to address the inevitable scenario in which a hacker gets past your cyber defenses. Your Agency likely has disaster recovery contingencies for tornadoes, fires, hurricanes and “cut” telephone lines. A cyber incident can be an equally severe disaster that should be treated with no less priority.