How Local Governments Can Increase their Security Posture

This article warns that local governments are high-value targets for cybercrime—highlighting Conti ransomware attacks on Costa Rica—and explains that constrained budgets, understaffed IT, and valuable interconnected data make municipalities particularly vulnerable. It provides five pragmatic steps (data classification, system inventory and risk assessment, reviewing backups and incident response, timely patching and access controls, and remediating known vulnerabilities) and stresses multi-factor authentication and security awareness training as cost-effective, immediate defenses.