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Ph.D. student Mateczun & Prof. Emeritus Norris publ. Op-ed

Baltimore Sun: Local govts should prioritize cybersecurity

Today in The Baltimore Sun, Ph.D. student Laura Mateczun and Prof. Emeritus Donald Norris published an op-ed on the need for local governments to prioritize cybersecurity. 


The piece highlights Baltimore's own recent problems with cybersecurity, including the Spring 2019 attack that is expected to cost the City $18 million.


Mateczun and Norris are members of a team of UMBC researchers that conducted the first ever nationwide survey of cybersecurity elements in local governments. 


Read the opinion piece here.

Posted: September 4, 2019, 4:07 PM