Your participation will assist the development of the Cybersecurity Grant Program.

Please answer all the questions in the survey. Thank you.

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 3. Rank your Top Cybersecurity Capabilities that you are interested in advancing in your organization.

  1. Shared Services - Security Operations Center (SOC) - A statewide service with a command center supported by expert information security (infosec) resources who monitor, analyze, and protect organizations from cyber-attacks for those who participate in the program.
  2. Employee Security Awareness Training & Phishing Exercises - Ex. Cofense - An online learning management (LMS) solution that provides security awareness training for employees through phishing simulations, videos, and other materials.
  3. Cybersecurity Training for Law Enforcement and Local Government Technology Resources - Expert cybersecurity training throughout the state on cybersecurity tools, trends, resources, incident response, mitigation, log analysis, forensics, etc.
  4. Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM) Monitoring - A statewide service for infrastructure and application log collections and analysis, including alerting of possible cybersecurity threats.
  5. Vulnerability Management Programs and Services - A shared process for identifying, evaluating, reporting, and responding to security vulnerabilities that have been identify for participating organizations.
  6. Albert Sensors - Offerings and Longer Term Funding - 24x7 network monitoring and alerting services offered by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), with threat correlation from across the country.
  7. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  8. Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions
  9. Configuration Management
  10. Cybersecurity Incident Response & Management - Creation of incident response templates and resources that would be available to all organizations, along with the development of taskforces that can be formed to help mitigate and respond to major cyber incidents across the state.
  11. Endpoint Detection & Response/Malware Defense - Shared end point detection/protection services, with monitoring and response services, at the state level, or by participation in national programs offered by federal partners.
  12. Data Protection
  13. Privileged Account Monitoring (PAM) & Control
  14. Creation of regional taskforces and grants for regional cyber efforts, fostering collaboration, education, response, etc.
  15. Creation and adoption of a formal PA cybersecurity framework, including the development of cyber plans, templates, processes, and communication strategies, along with plans on how to shift mindsets and the workplace culture around cybersecurity and best practices for county leadership and employees
  16. Regional backup of critical services and solutions, including DR services
  17. Standardized planning and support for implementing different security best practices
  18. .gov initiative (DHS CISA) - county and municipal governments only

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* 4. List an additional cybersecurity capability that is important to your organization but is not listed above.

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* 5. What is your role in cybersecurity?

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* 6. Does your agency or organization support cybersecurity initiatives to the following entities?