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COVID-19

CISA Sees Increased Demand For Services From State And Locals During Pandemic

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020

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CISA Sees Increased Demand For Services From State And Locals During Pandemic

State and local governments have sought more cyber security services from the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber agency in the past few months, senior agency officials said on Tuesday. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has “had a significant uptick over the last several months in some our resources that we offer or cyber hygiene scanning,” one of the officials said, adding the state and locals are also requesting “remote penetration testing” of their networks. Amid the ongoing COVID-19…

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