The Washington County commissioners approved a new “business continuity and disaster recovery policy and plan” designed to take a proactive approach in guarding against another cyber attack like the one that crippled the county government for nearly three weeks earlier this year.
The policy, which was drafted with the help of outside cyber consultants and the county’s IT department with input from its insurance carrier, is designed to improve the network’s system, assign roles and responsibilities to workers and put a plan in place to protect and restore data.
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Source: The Weirton Daily Times
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