Waltham Receives 2022 Municipal Cybersecurity Awareness Grant

WALTHAM, MA — The City of Waltham has received a 2022 Municipal Cybersecurity Awareness Grant from the state’s Executive Office of Technology Services and Security.

The Municipal Cybersecurity Awareness Grant Program will help local government to improve overall cybersecurity posture through end-user training, evaluation, and threat simulation. It is open to both municipalities and public school districts.

To be part of the program, participants must demonstrate leadership buy-in, commit to making staff available to successfully complete the program, and be willing to collaborate. The time commitment for administering this program is about two hours per week.

“Congratulations @CityofWaltham for being selected as an award recipient of @MassEOTSS 2022 Municipal Cybersecurity Awareness Grant Program!!,” said Rep. Tom Stanly in a Tweet Thursday. “$$ will help train hundreds of city employees to identify, avoid, & defend against cyber attacks."

Awarded communities receive licenses for end user training, assessment, and phishing simulation, procured and managed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Technology Services and Security, and can choose from several timeline tracks.

For more information on the program, click here.