Everything that’s important in life starts with safety. Who doesn’t want their family, their home, their workplace or their local school to be safe? People often rely on public safety agencies like law enforcement, fire departments and EMS to protect them in dangerous situations.
Cyberattacks can impact many types of public safety operations and mission-critical communications. Ransomware attacks, for instance, can force police and corrections officers to go back to pen and paper because they’re locked out of jail booking systems or municipalities to grapple with threats that sensitive community data will be leaked if they don’t pay thousands of dollars to cyber criminals. These are real cybersecurity threats public safety agencies have faced this year.