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Council discusses switching city website from .org to .gov to reduce spoofing risk
Summary
Councilmembers discussed moving the city’s public website from a .org domain to .gov to make spoofing and phishing more difficult; staff noted .gov domains require verification that the entity is a government and will not eliminate phishing but can reduce a common spoofing vector.
A short discussion at the Snellville work session addressed cybersecurity and the city’s public-facing domain. Councilmembers raised moving the city website from a .org address to a .gov domain to reduce the ease with which bad actors can create spoofed websites.
Staff explained that .gov domains require a vetting process to…
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