In many organizations, cybersecurity, physical security, and operational risk management are handled as separate disciplines. Each has its own policies, teams, and reporting structures. From an operational standpoint, that separation feels manageable, until it isn’t.
Topics: Governance, Risk and Compliance
This week, a new critical alert demands the immediate attention and action of the public-sector community.
Topics: Public Safety, Cybersecurity
As part of our effort to inform our clients about potential and serious cybersecurity issues, MCP provides advisories about vulnerabilities and exploits that could threaten the operations of their critical communications networks. Sign up to receive these advisories in your inbox as soon as they are released.
As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, compliance frameworks like the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy, version 6.0, have evolved to demand a more rigorous and structured approach to cybersecurity.
Topics: Cybersecurity
The 2024 updates to the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) security policy mark a significant shift, clearly focusing on enhancing configuration management. From maintaining accurate baseline configurations to ensuring comprehensive change control, these updates aim to strengthen how public-safety and justice organizations manage their systems and data.
Topics: Cybersecurity
The 2024 update to the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) security policy introduces several new requirements designed to enhance data protection and compliance.
Topics: Cybersecurity
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month—a perfect time for public sector organizations to revisit their cybersecurity strategies and strengthen their defenses. Our previous blog discussed best practices for executing multifactor authentication, a cornerstone of strong security.
Topics: Cybersecurity
Last December, the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division issued a mandate that law-enforcement organizations wanting to access its databases must have a cybersecurity vulnerability-management program in place by October of this year.
Topics: Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice
The Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) developed in 2014 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has proved quite valuable. It is organized according to five key, easily understandable Core Functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.
Topics: Cybersecurity
Everyone seems to understand intuitively that cyberattacks are bad news, especially in the public sector. A ransomware attack could render an emergency communications center’s networks and systems inoperable for hours, days, weeks, even months, preventing the handling of 911 calls and the dispatching of life-saving response.
Topics: Cybersecurity
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) declared an end to the COVID-19 pandemic last May. The best evidence that the pandemic truly is over may be the continuing surge in air travel.
Topics: Cybersecurity
Virtually everyone these days purchases goods and services via the internet because it is so easy and convenient, and often less costly. This is especially true during the holiday gift-giving season. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that in the United States, ecommerce in November and December alone will range between $957.3
Topics: Cybersecurity
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