NACo, DHS offer free cybersecurity protection

Key Takeaways

County governments protect and serve the residents of their communities. As the country shifts toward using more technology, protecting digital information has become a new challenge for counties.

To meet these challenges, NACo has joined with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) to promote increased cybersecurity protections for county governments.

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Protect your county with NACo and the MS-ISAC

The MS-ISAC is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s key resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response and recovery for state and local governments.

MS-ISAC’s  cybersecurity program, can provide — at no cost to counties:

• vulnerability management program
• IP and domain monitoring
• notifications of possible compromises
• incident response resources
• tools for simplifying security updates
• secure portals for communication and document sharing
• cyber-intel advisories and alerts
• malicious code analysis platform, and
• self-assessments for cybersecurity management.

Cybersecurity for counties provides real-time monitoring and early threat detections through the MS-ISAC’s Security Operations Center and threat-response with its Computer Emergency Response Team. They provide 24/7 support and offer a professional team to assist with cybersecurity incidents.

In addition to these resources, the MS-ISAC can provide additional cybersecurity services at cost. These services include:

• network security monitoring and analysis
• vulnerability assessment services
• network and web application penetration testing, and
• phishing assessments