2025 SLG cyber trends: 5 lessons to build a 2026 cyber roadmap

This piece summarizes lessons from widespread 2025 cyber incidents impacting U.S. state and local governments, noting systemic risks from unknown/unmanaged assets, unpatched vulnerabilities, cloud misconfigurations, decentralized oversight, and delayed detection. It argues reactive, siloed defenses are insufficient and recommends a 2026 shift to unified exposure management—continuous asset discovery, contextual risk prioritization, attack-path analysis, and centralized visibility across SLG entities—culminating in an invitation to a webinar on building a proactive defense.