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Dunn County tests Code Red system in cybersecurity drill; about half of staff responded within 15 minutes
Summary
County manager reported a Code Red emergency-notification drill simulating a cybersecurity incident; staff loaded contact information and roughly half the workforce responded within 15 minutes. Managers will debrief with departments.
Dunn County ran a countywide emergency-notification drill using the Code Red system to simulate a cybersecurity incident, county manager Chris told the Executive Committee.
Chris said county staff spent months collecting staff contact information (cell phone, email, landline) and loading it into Code Red. During the drill, staff were alerted to shut down technology immediately and then informed the message was a drill. Managers were instructed to confirm outreach to their teams, and managers were asked to be the next line of communication to their staff.
Chris said the county measured responses within 15 minutes and received confirmations from about half the workforce, noting factors such as staff who could be sleeping or driving. He praised IT and other staff who led the effort and said the county will run the drill again in the fall and debrief at the department-head meeting to improve reach and response.
Chris also described steps taken to maintain the contact list as part of onboarding and offboarding processes. He thanked Jake from IT, Dan, Melissa Gillenbach and Jason Spetz for their work on the project and said the county will refine the process after additional exercises.
Supervisor remarks during the meeting were light; one supervisor made a brief joke about a visual aid during the presentation. The county did not take a formal action on the drill; staff described next steps as internal debriefing and another test later this year.
