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City cybersecurity deputy warns of nation-state exploitation, outlines AI governance and staffing steps
Summary
Douglas Granat, Richmond's deputy director for strategy and cybersecurity, told the Governmental Operations Committee that nation-state actors and AI-enhanced attacks have broadened the city’s attack surface, described the city’s AI governance under Administrative Regulation 2.13, and said continuity plans are reviewed annually; he also noted DIT’s cybersecurity team has grown but one vacancy remains.
Douglas Granat, deputy director in charge of strategy and cybersecurity, briefed the Governmental Operations Committee on emerging cyber threats, staffing and governance measures the city is taking to protect municipal systems.
Granat said the city routinely records every incident and has observed exploitation attempts linked to nation-state actors. "Nation state sponsored is those coming from other countries, originating from adversaries such as Iran, such as, Russia, China, North Korea," he said, and raised concern about nation-states partnering with criminal organizations to increase the…
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