County IT flags anti-ransomware weakness, recommends multi-factor authentication

Mar 28, 2022

IT/GIS director Jacob Farnes told commissioners an ICRMP survey rated the county's organizational policies and training well but flagged anti-ransomware technical/process controls as weak; he recommended multi-factor authentication and further options ahead of the budget cycle.

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Jacob Farnes, Caribou County IT/GIS director, briefed the commissioners on a recent ICRMP cyber-risk survey conducted as part of the county's insurance review process. Farnes said the county scored highly on organizational policies, employee training and incident-response planning, but the survey identified anti-ransomware technical and process controls as a weakness.

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