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WATECH security panel spotlights lessons from Nevada breach; state cybersecurity grants show fast deployment
Summary
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.
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.
Johnson said the subcommittee reviewed the Nevada after‑action…
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