Cybersecurity Services

Counties need modern cybersecurity solutions to protect the county’s environment. Threat Actor activity and sophistication is constantly improving, so counties need to increase their solution and data governance and understand their threat landscape to mitigate the risk to the county and their constituents against future cyber-attacks through phishing and ransomware attacks.

Crowe, WSAC’s cybersecurity strategic partner, has been addressing cyber concerns for more than 30 years. Their team includes former chief information security officers, expert hackers, and other highly specialized professionals who can offer perspective on how to supplement and strengthen your county’s cybersecurity program.

Crowe can help you design and execute strategies to mature your program, support departmental goals, and keep your county’s and constituents’ sensitive information safe while preventing future cyberattacks.

Is your county ready to tackle its cybersecurity issues?

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PREPARE AND RESPOND

Need immediate cybersecurity assistance? Crowe can help. Our specialists use a range of technological tools and experience to help you respond to ongoing and imminent threats.

• Incident Response: Need to fight a cyber fire? Our team is ready to respond and get your organization back on its feet as soon as possible.
• Forensic Investigations: Our qualified experts can handle sensitive assets and situations to unlock answers for you.
• Threat Hunting: Are you sure there’s nothing nefarious happening within your network? Bring in a team to help you figure it out for sure.
• Tabletop Exercises: Practice makes perfect. Crowe’s in-depth scenarios and moderation can help your organization get ready to deal with real world incidents
• Disaster Recovery: How prepared are you to spring back from events that occur beyond your control? Our specialists get you ready to face anything.

Contact us for immediate assistance or to learn more about Crowe’s Incident Response Services

ASSESS AND MEASURE

Is your organization’s security posture ready to meet today’s challenges? Are you confident in your cyber resilience and overall cybersecurity capabilities? We can help you get an accurate picture of your program’s current state, spot any performance gaps, identify the most critical areas for improvement, and define a plan of action to address risks and achieve long-term goals.

• Security Assessments: Actionable assessments that keep you compliant and improve cybersecurity posture.
• Penetration Testing: How “hackable” are you? Let us break in before the threat actors do to show you where your gaps are and help you close them.
• Cyber Resilience: Minimize operational disruption and mitigate risk with proactive resilience planning solutions.
• Third Party Risk Management: Concerned about third party access to your data? Our specialists can help manage the risks third parties introduce.

90% of cyberattacks begin with an email. How ready are you for a cyber threat?

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BUILD AND MATURE

Need someone to take the wheel? We can help you design and execute the strategies needed to mature your program and support organizational goals.

• Virtual Information Security Office: Let one of our seasoned experts provide the leadership and expertise to drive your strategy.
• Building and maturing a cybersecurity program: Let our team build a custom roadmap and help move your organization towards its maturity milestones.
• Outsourced program support and execution: Have specific projects and goals that need support? Our team is here to help.
• Staff augmentation: Good help is hard to find. If you need someone qualified to come lend a hand, we’ve got the experts you’re looking for.

Costs

Contact Crowe to assess your needs and begin the quote process.

What immediate steps can I take?

If you’re looking for immediate guidance, consider taking the following steps in your organization:

1. Use strong passwords, a password manager, and MFA

Strong passwords are the first step to account security because poorly protected credentials become attack vectors. An easy rule to abide by is that “length is strength,” and unique phrases are better than words in creating passwords that aren’t easily guessed. Strong passwords are:

• At least 16 characters long
• Never used anywhere else
• Randomly generated, where possible

One challenge that is ever present for internet users is how to protect the dozens (maybe hundreds!) of passwords they need to use. A password manager can store passwords and then secure them with one very long, unique, highly unguessable password in combination with MFA. If you’re concerned about your existing accounts, use HaveIBeenPwned to check whether your account information has been compromised and rotate any exposed credentials.

2. Update everything

Do your utmost to keep all the computer systems around you updated. You should consider your whole digital footprint, including mobile devices, laptops, desktops, tablets, applications, web browsers, and other individual software when determining what needs to be kept up to date. When dealing with legacy systems that can’t be updated for one reason or another, isolate them by putting them on a separate network, implementing network firewall rules, or using the local firewall to only allow access to those who administrate the systems.

3. Protect end users with endpoint detection and response (EDR)

More robust than antivirus protection, EDR solutions continually monitor user devices and report any activity that raises concern. They can also proactively stop the execution of anomalous activities. EDR solutions significantly reduce the likelihood that a security breach or debilitating ransomware attack will proliferate across the network. If you have limited time and resources for cybersecurity solutions, EDR can help minimize security risks of your devices by maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

For more information on any of these or anything cybersecurity related, please reach out for a free conversation!

Insights

Use our insights to start your cybersecurity journey: