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Winchester IT director urges cybersecurity, SCADA migration and modernization in five-goal proposal
Summary
Orlando Lopez outlined five strategic IT goals to the Strategic Planning Committee, prioritizing cybersecurity, operational-technology (SCADA) migration for the water treatment plant, modernization of enterprise tools, GIS expansion and evaluated AI/chatbot use; he said the city saw roughly 26,000 blocked attacks in a 30-day period.
Orlando Lopez, presenting for the Information Technology team, told the Strategic Planning Committee that cybersecurity, operational technology and modernization are the department’s top priorities as the city updates its strategic plan.
Lopez said the IT group—“a team of 14 IT professionals,” he said—faces daily cyber threats and listed cybersecurity as his top goal. He told the committee the city’s systems are “being attacked pretty much every single day to the tune of 26,000, you know, attacks” over a 30-day period and that the department has “been successful in defending ourselves against over 26,000 attacks in a 30 day period.” He framed cybersecurity as a continuous effort requiring software, staff training and periodic…
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