Bruce Sturk, the director of federal faculties support for Hampton, Va., called for increased vigilance as part of the Symposium on Homeland Security. "There's not a lot out there," he said. "We're all on shoestring budgets. We're very much vulnerable. The IT folks are working diligently. We're trying to bring those communities up to a level that is at least comparable to the big cities."
A public-private effort to address cyberthreats across municipalities in Virginia was launched in late 2010 throgh a project called Virginia's Operational Integrated Cyber Center of Excellence (VOICCE). With $500,000 in funding from the Department of Homeland Security, the program aims to increase awareness of information security issues in government.
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