Local governments have unique pressures to secure their information assets. In many cases they have disparate systems that are provided by an alphabet soup of state and federal agencies. Further, their compliance burdens are spread across multiple departments. For example, the health department is accountable to HIPAA, the clerk’s office is accountable to PCI-DSS, the police department is accountable to CJIS, and the entire organization is accountable to the NY SHIELD Act. These similar, but unique requirements pull your IT staff in multiple directions. Cyber Defense Institute has experience working with the disparate systems, the multiple compliance requirements, and the budgetary process of a local government.

We have helped city and county governments implement strong information security policies to protect IT infrastructure and data, performed risk assessments to analyze the unique risks that each municipality faces, and we’ve done vulnerability assessments and penetration testing to verify controls are properly in place. We have also assisted local governments sort out the spaghetti that is compliance to make it understandable and manageable Click below to learn more about the services we offer that can help you get a handle on information security and protect your constituents data.