Nine months after a crippling cyberattack, Gary Brantley, who was hired in September, says the city is also lending its experience to other governments.

A second indictment against the suspected SamSam hackers says the virus infected nearly 3,800 computers owned by the city.

The Justice Department charged two Iranian citizens with developing and deploying the SamSam ransomware virus that extracted more than $6 million from its victims and cost millions more in damage.

The small city agreed to pay its hackers a bitcoin sum equal to more than $26,000 for a decryption key for the ransomware virus known as Hermes.

Cherukuri succeeds the city's first CISO, John MacMichael, who stepped down in January.

The server included military and civilian personal information, but officials say the malware used doesn't typically compromise data.

Calvin Rhodes said the new facility will be used to train Army Cyber Command personnel and state and local IT workers trying to prevent future cyberattacks.

A new infographic from the Public Technology Institute shows that while local governments are increasingly adopting cybersecurity training for employees, they often lack cyber planning.

New data from Unisys shows that while there is demand for mobile access, it's more nuanced than sometimes portrayed by technologists.

Officials described the resultant data loss as “catastrophic.”