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Williamsburg IT director reports 1.3 million monthly messages and active defenses against malicious traffic
Summary
IT Director Mark Barham told council the city handles about 1.3 million Office365 messages monthly (roughly 1,000 malicious), blocks large volumes of external URLs daily, uses a 24/7 third‑party security operations center (Cybereason), maintains immutable backups and runs regular employee cybersecurity training and phishing tests.
Mark Barham, the city’s IT lead, briefed the council on cybersecurity operations and threats during the Nov. 14 meeting. He said the city processes roughly 1.3 million Office365 messages per month; about 1,000 of those are classified as malicious, 13,000 as spam and roughly 31,000 as gray mail (annoyances but not immediate threats).
Barham described firewall activity that blocks approximately 1.3…
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