Small Cities. Data Security Costs. By the Numbers.

  • 40% of local government CIOs report experiencing more attacks during the last 12 months
  • 26% of CIOs reporting an attack, incident or breach attempt occurring hourly
  • 18% report a cyberattempt at least daily
  • 78% of municipalities don’t have an adequate password management policy
  • 97% of the municipalities he surveyed don’t have a well-documented disaster recovery plan
  • 46% store their backup files and records onsite rather than offsite or in the cloud
  • 90% of local governments don’t bother to encrypt sensitive emails

Government Technology | Small Towns Confont Big Cyber-Risks