Don’t Be A Municipal Security Statistic!

60% Increase in Municipality Attacks

2019 was not a good year for municipality Ransomware attacks

Kaspersky reported that 174 municipalities suffered ransomware attacks in 2019. This is a 60% increase from the previous year! During these attacks, cyber-criminals demanded anywhere from $1 million to $5+ million from their victims.

Read more about noteable 2019 municipality cyber attacks.

Don’t be a statistic. Prepare and be safe in 2020 by doing the following:

• Decide how your organization will respond to an attack before it happens.
• Backup important data and store it off site.
• Secure your network.
• Train your employees and display cyber security posters throughout the office.
• Update and patch software regularly.
• Use two-factor authentication.

Read more about top security risks that could be plaguing your organization.