Budget Restrictions, Staff Issues and AI are Threats to States’ Cybersecurity Many state chief information and security officers say they don’t have the budget, resources, staff or expertise to feel fully confident in their ability to guard their government networks against cyberattacks, according to a new Deloitte & Touche survey of officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The recently released biennial cybersecurity report outlined where new threats are coming from, and what vulnerabilities these teams have. Governments are relying more on servers to store information, or transmit it through the Internet, and all of the connected online systems create more opportunities for attack. The emergence of AI is also creating new ways for bad actors to exploit vulnerabilities, as it makes phishing scams and audio and visual deepfakes easier. The report laid out some tactics tech departments could use to navigate these challenges, including leaning on government partners, working creatively to boost budgets, diversifying their talent pipeline, continuing the AI policy conversations and promoting the CISOs role in digital transformation of government operations.
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