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State and Local Government

The year 2020 was a banner year for cybercriminals. State and local agencies experienced a 62 percent increase in ransomware attacks. The sector is one of the most targeted sectors for ransomware attacks due to its lack of capability to prepare for and respond to them. Learn why state and local agencies are prime targets for hackers.

State and Local Governments: Under Siege	Impact of Cyber Attacks on Law Enforcement

Xacta 360 for State and Local Government

Faced with increasing threats to data and privacy, state and local governments are establishing their own security and risk management policies based on established standards such as the NIST RMF and CSF, ISO, and others.  They also need to accommodate a rapidly growing number of remote and home-based personnel as well as to leverage the cloud and mobility solutions to serve citizens better and faster.

Telos’ Xacta® platform for cyber risk management and continuous compliance can:

• Reduce and eliminate overlapping controls validation complexities
• Centrally manage all data and documents needed for all security reporting
• Inherit controls from accredited cloud environments to accelerate security validation
• Streamline, automate, and harmonize cyber risk management processes
• Ease the change that comes with new ways of managing cyber risk and compliance

Education

K-12 Saw an 18% Rise in Attacks during 2020:

• Ransomware
• Denial-of-service
• Data breaches
• Phishing attacks

Learn more about Telos solutions for education:

• Xacta for K-12
• Xacta for Higher Education
• Telos Ghost for K-12 and Higher Education