Cybersecurity awareness month is here, shining light on the ever-critical importance of cybersecurity. There’s no better time than now for state and local governments to reflect on their posture and devise strategies to remain proactive, not just reactive, when it comes to their cyberdefenses.
After all, cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and getting easier to miss, which means that agencies need to understand whether they’re able to fend off the latest threats from bad actors. However, you can’t plug holes in defenses if you don’t even know those holes exist. Such is the critical importance of security assessments. The road to cybersecurity maturity begins with effective security assessments.
Security assessments are critical but often underfunded, says Anthony J. O’Neill, commonwealth CISO and chief risk officer at Massachusetts’s Executive Office of Technology Services and Security. O’Neill spoke with StateTech about the importance of security assessments, assessment types and best practices when evaluating security posture.
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