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City IT seeks to shore up cybersecurity, expand public Wi‑Fi and lay groundwork for AI governance
Summary
At a Rochester City Council budget hearing, City Chief Technology Officer Harriet Fisher outlined an IT budget that preserves core services, adds cybersecurity planning and public‑facing digital equity work, and funds preparatory steps for future AI use while stressing education and governance.
City Chief Technology Officer Harriet Fisher told the finance committee that the information technology budget preserves core services while prioritizing cybersecurity, public Wi‑Fi in city facilities and foundational policies for future AI use.
Fisher said the department has dedicated annual cybersecurity awareness training for all city network users and is contracting outside expertise for incident response exercises. The budget includes vendor funding for a Palo Alto tabletop exercise to test incident response, Fisher said, and Fisher and Chief Information Security Officer Joe Rossi described ransomware and threats to public utilities as continuing concerns.
The nut graf: the IT department proposed a largely status‑quo operating budget that refocuses limited new dollars…
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