Case Study

County Government Takes On Cybersecurity

County Government Takes On Cybersecurity

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The Organization The government of one of the 44 most populous counties in the United States, which provides a comprehensive range of services to more than a million citizens. The Situation Local governments are a treasure trove of data for a determined attacker, replete with personal information, including mortgage documents, deeds, medical records, Social Security numbers, as well as birth, marriage, and death notices. CISOs are often hamstrung in their attempts to protect this data due to political and budgetary constraints that make it near-impossible to implement an effective security architecture across a gaggle of semi- independent government agencies. As a result, local governments are often woefully unprepared to deal with today’s increasingly treacherous threat environme

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