The Next Big Attack How Agencies Can Protect Themselves From Evolving Cyber Threats

Title: The Next Big Attack How Agencies Can Protect Themselves From Evolving Cyber Threats

Presenters: Jon Ford, Johnny Collins, Jason Atwell

Date: On-Demand

Abstract:

After what has been deemed as one of the largest breaches in U.S. cyber security in recent history, an estimated 18,000 public and private sector entities will spend billions of dollars over many months to contain and fix the damage. As just one example of how sophisticated and stealthy hackers have become, the attack leaves many asking when and where will the next one happen – or has it already?

In this session, Government Technology and FireEye Mandiant share best practices around how state and local governments can better defend against and respond to evolving and difficult-to-detect threats. A few of the topics discussed are:

• The increase in spear phishing attacks on the remote government workforce
• The value of cyber threat intelligence in detecting the latest threats
• What the ransomware threat landscape looks like in 2021
• Why an incident response retainer is critical