Breach Prevention Blog

As the fallout from this past December's SolarWinds cyberattack settles, it is clear that the hack didn't just compromise federal organizations. The SolarWinds attack now appears to have infected government networks from federal departments all the way down to state and local government bodies. That a state-sponsored attack would proliferate beyond its initial targets is no surprise. However, the fact that this attack impacted all government levels also highlights a broader trend. State and local government networks are no less of a target than their federal counterparts for cybercriminals. 

Before COVID-19 started making headlines earlier this year, government departments might have been considered unlikely candidates for making large scale remote working a success. However, with service levels maintained across the public sector despite challenging circumstances, this assumption has been thoroughly disproven.