Public administration | Enhancing internal network security: a priority for local authorities

In an increasingly digital world, local authorities have modernised to enable them to offer new connected services. But this connection entails two risks: exposing even more of the confidential information that local authorities have to process, and having these services compromised or disrupted by malicious parties. This raises the issue of enhancing the security of their IT networks, to ensure continuity of service and protect citizens from cyberattacks. The above considerations underpinned a decision taken by a community of municipalities in Germany with a population of 200,000, to discover in this case study.