WATECH security panel spotlights lessons from Nevada breach; state cybersecurity grants show fast deployment

Dec 11, 2025

The TSB heard a security subcommittee report that analyzed a high‑impact Nevada ransomware incident and recommended defensive steps; staff also reported that the state’s SLCGP has pushed $6.6 million to local projects, completed 80% of first‑round projects and funded 108 projects in the latest round pending federal approval.

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Ralph Johnson, the chair of the security subcommittee, briefed the board on the group’s work this year, including a joint meeting with the Emergency Management Division’s cybersecurity advisory committee and a confidential after‑action review of a major ransomware incident in Nevada that shut systems for weeks.

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