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More than half of city and state employees in the United States are more concerned about cyberattacks than they are of other threats, a new study discovered. Conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of IBM, the survey   shows   that over 50% of city and state employees are more concerned about cyberattacks than natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Moreover, three in four government employees (73% of the respondents) are concerned about impending ransomware threats. With over 100 cities across the U.S. reported as being hit with ransomware in 2019, the concern is not surprising. However, the survey suggests that ransomware attacks might be even more widespread, as 1 in 6 respondents admitted that their department was impacted. Alarmingly though, despite the increase in the frequency of these attacks, onl

More than half of city and state employees in the United States are more concerned about cyberattacks than they are of other threats, a new study discovered. Conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of IBM, the survey   shows   that over 50% of city and state employees are more concerned about cyberattacks than natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Moreover, three in four government employees (73% of the respondents) are concerned about impending ransomware threats. With over 100 cities across the U.S. reported as being hit with ransomware in 2019, the concern is not surprising. However, the survey suggests that ransomware attacks might be even more widespread, as 1 in 6 respondents admitted that their department was impacted. Alarmingly though, despite the increase in the frequency of these attacks, only 38% of the surveyed government employees said they received general ransomware prevention training, and 52% said that budgets for managing cyberattacks haven’t seen an increase.