Building Your Community Cybersecurity Program

Abstract

Communities and states are targets of cyber-attacks. Cities are popular because of generally lax cybersecurity postures and the fact that they have money. States and communities also have personal information on citizens, which can be used for identity theft. With the realization they are becoming frequent targets, communities are looking to enhance their cybersecurity programs, but many do not know where or how to start. The community cyber security maturity model is designed for this purpose – to help states and communities to develop their own viable and sustainable cybersecurity programs. There has also been considerable media attention on the NIST Cyber Security Framework. This is a program designed for organizations, and it contains a lot of good information organizations can use to enhance their cybersecurity posture. From a whole community perspective, however, it is not as useful though there are parts of it that are applicable to a community.