by Jeff Reiter | Apr 30, 2026 | Technology in Practice
How Payroll Scams Target Local Government Offices Most local government offices do not think of payroll season as a cybersecurity issue, but it can become one very quickly. Payroll cybersecurity starts with recognizing that employee records, direct deposit changes,...
by Jeff Reiter | Apr 30, 2026 | Leadership & Governance
When Technology Feels Fine but Liability Is Already Growing For many local government leaders, technology still feels like a support function until the day it doesn’t. As long as email is working, employees can access files, backups are running somewhere in the...
by Jeff Reiter | Apr 30, 2026 | Operational Resilience
Most cybersecurity conversations focus on obvious threats. Ransomware. Phishing emails. Compromised accounts. Malicious links. What often gets overlooked is that many of the most damaging incidents do not happen because an organization completely ignored security....
by Jeff Reiter | Apr 29, 2026 | Risk & Exposure
Why Local Government Discovers Technology Weaknesses at the Worst Possible Time Most local governments do not discover technology weaknesses on a quiet Tuesday. They discover them when email is down, records are unavailable, a vendor is not responding, or department...
by Jeff Reiter | Apr 29, 2026 | Operational Resilience
Most organizations feel a sense of relief when they hear: “We have backups.” It sounds like the problem is solved. If something goes wrong, the data can be restored and everything goes back to normal. But in the real world, that is rarely how it plays out. Backups...
