In Alaska, top cybersecurity official says state’s remoteness makes it vulnerable but touts resiliency

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Being disconnected from the rest of the U.S. means a cyberattack on Alaska's infrastructure could cause big problems.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan speaks at the Alaska CyberSecurity Summit in Anchorage on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

Natarajan says as the threat of cyberattacks has shifted, they’re affecting everyday people more and more.: You know, we’re seeing an interesting dynamic as we look at the victim landscape here across the United States. And traditionally, you know, a lot of people thought cyber victims were large Fortune 100 companies, they were federal government agencies, the military, kind of these types of big targets that folks were focused on.

So if we look at, most recently, the tragedy of the bridge collapse in Baltimore, alright, I mean, that required us to pivot a lot of our options and to move product to Philadelphia or to Newark and to other areas. So there was an impact. But there were options.

 

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