KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SUMMIT:
- Offer training and support to your employees, many of whom have never worked remotely in the past.
- Communicate with employees and citizens consistently, and ensure information is vetted and coming from a single source
- Contact your vendors to ensure they can offer products and solutions to meet your demands.
- Practice good cyber hygiene to reduce risk by segmenting your network, using multi-factor authentication and hardening your environment.
- Take advantage of FirstNet to help prioritize critical communications in an emergency.
- To prepare for the next disruption, future-proof your infrastructure by moving to the cloud and an IP-based network that would allow you to scale and add advanced features.