Local Government TREND. How 1 City Arms its Citizens in CyberSecurity.

City: New York City

Cybersecurity protection offered by NYC: A free app called NYC Secure that alerts a person to mailcious attempts to hack their device

5 Components to NYC Secure:

• Its a free app
• It will not collect or transmit any personal identifying information
• It will not collect or transmit private data
• It works in coordination with increased security rollouts at NYCs public Wi-Fi networks
• New York’s NYC Cyber Command (NYC3), a city-level cyber defense organization, will oversee the program

Tech Crunch | New York City is launching public cybersecurity tools to keep residents from getting hacked