In the wake of recent cyberattacks, cities and states are
taking a stand.
On March 29, New York City (the City) Mayor Bill de Blasio
announced NYC Secure, an initiative that will include a suspicious
activity alert app for residents and security upgrades to the
City's public Wi-Fi networks.1The initiative is
intended as a citywide effort to better protect citizens and
mitigate systemic-level cyber threats to citizens or City
infrastructure, not unlike the ransomware attack suffered by the
City of Atlanta last month, which included the disabling of public
Wi-Fi.2
Hailed as New York City's "first ever cybersecurity
initiative," NYC Secure will be developed and
implemented by NYC Cyber Command, and will offer free resources to
increase cybersecurity for residents and visitors to the Big Apple
starting this summer. Core features of the app include alerting
users to suspicious mobile device activity, identifying potentially
malicious Wi-Fi networks, apps or websites,
