Multi-State ISAC Considers Alternative Funding Models as CISA Reduces Financial Support for Operations

“When a government attacks an entity like a state or a political subdivision within a state...it's not realistic to presume that state or political subdivision has the resources, the capability, the competence or the capacity to keep pace with sophisticated threat activity, especially when it's coming from a nation-state.” Carlos Kizzee, Senior Vice President of MS-ISAC Strategy and Plans, spoke with Inside Cybersecurity about the critical role the MS-ISAC plays in protecting state and local government organizations against cyber threats from both domestic and foreign adversaries.