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Presenters urge municipalities to review cyber posture and consider shared IT services
Summary
A vendor panel reviewed cybersecurity options (EDR/XDR/MDR), insurance checklists and the cost/benefit of shared managed services versus single-person IT shops; panelists recommended multi-factor authentication, patching, and shared-service redundancy for small towns.
Representatives from a technology firm and an IT services team briefed the council on cybersecurity risks and the potential value of shared managed services for small municipalities.
Jamie Terry (CTO), Evan Paradise (director of operations and sales) and Dave Turello (group lead/CFO by background) explained cybersecurity tiers used by municipal IT teams: endpoint detection/response (EDR), extended detection and response (XDR)…
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