Life After an Anonymous Attack on My City

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Presented at CIOVisionsCybersecuritySummit 2019 by

Michael Maier

The city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was hit by an Anonymous denial-of-service attack in December 2014 and was forced to immediately upgrade computer systems to thwart any potential future attacks.The city quickly spent $430,000 upgrading computer security systems to mitigate vulnerabilities it had previously identified. While the attack itself did not cost the city this money, it expedited the timeline for these necessary system upgrades. A complete A-Z approach for a new security awareness program was created.