Even as the internet has driven innovation and efficiency in government, it’s also opened the public sector to untold risks.
Governments of every size are especially valuable to cybercriminals due to the trove of data collected from citizens that enable services such as e-payment of parking tickets and taxes. What’s more, many public entities still suffer the aftereffects of decades of underinvestment in IT infrastructure. This leaves them particularly vulnerable to network security and software patching problems, along with rampant malware infections.
