{"id":3409,"date":"2024-11-15T00:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2024-11-15T00:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:03:29","slug":"funding-for-state-information-security-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/funding-for-state-information-security-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding for state information security officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers 40% of their members say they don&#8217;t have the budgets to handle the security threats. Insurance premiums are often out of budget. The average cost of a ransomware attack on state and local governments so far this year is $2.83 million. For those keeping up that is  more than doubled 2023&#8217;s costs. Sophos\u2019\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2024\/08\/14\/the-state-of-ransomware-in-state-and-local-government-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024<\/a>\u00a0report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.route-fifty.com\/cybersecurity\/2024\/11\/state-and-local-security-adjusting-shifting-cyber-threats-insurance-requirements\/400829\/?oref=rf-today-nl&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Route%20Fifty%20Today:%20November%2013%2C%202024&amp;utm_term=newsletter_rf_today\">Route Fifty | State and local security adjusting to shifting cyber threats, insurance requirements<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers 40% of their members say they don&#8217;t have the budgets to handle the security threats. Insurance premiums are often out of budget. The average cost of a ransomware attack on state and local governments so far this year is $2.83 million. For those keeping up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3410,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}