In the early hours on August 24, Nevada experienced a sophisticated ransomware attack that led to various state systems being offline, in some cases for weeks, as state and federal investigators jumped to carry out the cyber response plan.
While the state was able to keep crucial services running like health and emergency services, the incident was a major attack on Nevada’s systems, the impacts of which are still being investigated more than a month later.
Situations like this are a stark reminder for governments and their partners how important it is to invest manpower, funding and education in cyber and information security. City & State’s Information Security Summit: Protecting NY’s Data & Information Systems, held on Tuesday at EmblemHealth in Lower Manhattan, delved into various facets of cybersecurity in New York, including what the biggest threats are and how to shield against them…