CISA Emergency Services Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar

#1653627: CISA Emergency Services Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar

Description:	The Emergency Services Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar is being facilitated by the Emergency Services Sector Management Team (ES SMT) and promote cybersecurity within the Emergency Services subsectors. The goal of this webinar is to increase awareness of the various tools and guidance that ESS stakeholders provide for their local communities. Fire & Rescue Program Rockville (Maryland) Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. (RVFD) was targeted by cybercriminals in late April of 2023. In this attack, the criminals were able to steal over $200,000 from the local volunteer organization by posing as a vendor that the fire company had been working with. Upon learning of the crime, Rockville Volunteer Fire Department contacted the Montgomery County Police Department, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the bank that RVFD uses. The RVFD was able to recover about half of the amount stolen. Join our webinar to hear from Eric Bernard, President of the RVFD, and to learn more about Cyber Vulnerabilities within the Fire and Rescue Services Subsector. Building a Cybersecurity Awareness Culture for Public Works Organizations
More info:	https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSCISA/2024/11/22/file_attachments/3080192/CISA-ESS-Cybersecurity-Awareness-Webinar-Announcement_11222024.pdf

Description:

The Emergency Services Cybersecurity
Awareness Webinar is being facilitated by the
Emergency Services Sector Management Team
(ES SMT) and promote cybersecurity within the
Emergency Services subsectors. The goal of this
webinar is to increase awareness of the various
tools and guidance that ESS stakeholders
provide for their local communities.
Fire & Rescue Program
Rockville (Maryland) Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. (RVFD) was targeted by cybercriminals in late
April of 2023. In this attack, the criminals were able to steal over $200,000 from the local
volunteer organization by posing as a vendor that the fire company had been working with. Upon
learning of the crime, Rockville Volunteer Fire Department contacted the Montgomery County Police
Department, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the bank
that RVFD uses. The RVFD was able to recover about half of the amount stolen. Join our webinar to
hear from Eric Bernard, President of the RVFD, and to learn more about Cyber Vulnerabilities within
the Fire and Rescue Services Subsector.
Building a Cybersecurity Awareness Culture for Public Works Organizations

More info:

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSCISA/2024/11/22/file_attachments/3080192/CISA-ESS-Cybersecurity-Awareness-Webinar-Announcement_11222024.pdf

Date added	Nov. 22, 2024, 3:49 p.m.
Source	Govdelivery
Subjects	Info on - Social Engineering PodCasts / Webcast / Webinar / eSummit / Virtual Event etc. Security Management/Strategic Security/ROI/ROSI US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) - Previously US-CERT
Venue	Dec. 19, 2024, midnight - Dec. 19, 2024, midnight