It’s a common refrain from small municipalities: how do we provide robust cybersecurity protection with limited resources and budget? The City of Newton, Kansas, has just two IT staff members supporting 230 employees and serving 20,000 residents. The team wanted better visibility into their network and needed to enhance their protection against evolving threats. But the solution couldn’t strain their budget or require extensive manpower. Here’s how they navigated the critical selection process.

The most common attack vector these days with ransomware is people. It's all about phishing, clicking on bad links, stolen credentials, et cetera, et cetera. And the key to preventing that attack vector is, of course, training and awareness. And that takes collaboration, both internally and across organizations.

Our focus today is on municipalities. By that, I mean towns, cities, counties. And one of the main reasons we're talking about that is that it's critical infrastructure: police, fire, utilities. At the end of the day, it's the intel, it's the information we share that can help us better defend ourselves and prepare for the cybersecurity issues that are coming.

How do you build out a sophisticated, enterprise-level cybersecurity posture when your mid-sized organization doesn’t even have a dedicated cybersecurity team, and even your vendors treat you like a small business? Turns out, the answer is pretty old school. It’s all about building the right relationships and setting the right priorities. 

Today we’re talking with Tom Knutson, the self-described jack-of-all-trades for a Wisconsin-based manufacturing firm. He’s going to walk us through how he leverages his team and his own diverse skill set to keep his company safe.