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County schedules cybersecurity exercise: one-hour simulated network outage to test department continuity plans

2109086 · January 13, 2025
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Mason County IT announced a planned one-hour cyber exercise for Jan. 15 at 11 a.m., isolating county network services to test manual operations and continuity; sheriff's office retains veto authority for public-safety concerns and departments will meet after the test to review lessons learned.

Mason County Information Technology staff told commissioners on Jan. 14 that the county will conduct a scheduled cybersecurity exercise on Wednesday the 15th at 11 a.m. The exercise will simulate a controlled network outage for approximately one hour, allowing departments to test contingency procedures for providing critical services without networked systems.

TJ (IT)…

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