New IBM research suggests that state and local governments are not getting trained to address the ransomware that is crippling cities and that threatens the 2020 elections
Frank Rumpenhorst/GettyIBM-sponsored research shows that while 73% of U.S. state and local government employees are worried about ransomware, just 38% say they have been trained to handle it.
The official in charge of preparing state and local officials for ransomware election attacks told a cybersecurity conference this week "we can figure it out together," but conference-goers have doubts. New research released today by IBM shows that while 73% of US state and local employees are worried about ransomware attacks, just 38% say they have been trained in how to respond to them.
from Google, 60% of politicians and their staffs said they hadn't upgraded their computer systems since the last presidential election. Forty percent have clicked on a malicious link in a "phishing" attack email scam, the Google study found."There's clearly a huge gap between concern and readiness," said Wendi Whitmore, an IBM vice president who oversees cybersecurity threat intelligence.
for not adjusting its services to meet "the resource and time constraints of customers such as local election jurisdictions," communications issues with election officials, "a lack of clarity regarding CISA's incident response capabilities in the event of a compromise that exhausts state and local resources," and other issues.
Lawmakers have questioned if CISA has the staffing to answer those calls. Rhode Island Congressman James Langevin has said that CISALangevin, a Democrat, said Wednesday that "the substantial cybersecurity-related vacancies at CISA are concerning considering that we must be vigilant and proactive about addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities that pose a risk to the American people. It's difficult for any agency to operate efficiently with a lack of qualified staff.
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