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Sandoval County moves to Everbridge after Code Red cyberattack, restores IPAWS alerts
Summary
After a ransomware-related outage at Code Red, Sandoval County emergency management said it adopted Everbridge and regained IPAWS authority; officials plan public outreach and redundancy MOUs with neighboring jurisdictions.
Dan, an emergency management official, told the Joint Powers Authority operations meeting that Code Red suffered a ransomware attack last November and was decertified by FEMA, leaving the county without a persistent, county-controlled IPAWS capability.
“Two weeks ago … we came to a conclusion … to go with the Everbridge platform,” Dan said. He said Everbridge was vetted by county IT, dispatch staff and the deputy county manager…
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