Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The Healey-Driscoll administration and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s MassCyberCenter are providing municipalities with up to $25,000 to bolster cyber defense through the Cyber Resilient Massachusetts Grant Program.
The program enables cities and towns to purchase CyberTrust Massachusetts’ Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, which provide around-the-clock cyber defense at an affordable price.
Powered by SentinelOne and a student-supported Security Operations Center, CyberTrust’s MDR service ensures the protection of municipal endpoints with advanced detection techniques, including AI and machine-learning algorithms.
The service — which provides 24/7 managed endpoint detection and response, vulnerability management, asset inventory, and active directory and identity security — provides a powerful cyber defense capability for resource-constrained municipalities.
As cyber adversaries become more sophisticated and persistent, it is essential that municipalities have the capability to continuously monitor and respond to threats on their network. A single undetected vulnerability can lead to a business email compromise that damages already-strained municipal budgets or a ransomware attack that disrupts the delivery of essential services to residents.
Municipalities may contract directly with CyberTrust Massachusetts without a public procurement process (See Ch. 77, Sec. 195).
Applications to the Cyber Resilient Massachusetts Grant Program are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Click here for more information about the program, including the link to apply.