If You Are Currently Experiencing a Cyberattack
- Contact your local authorities
- Contact your vendors (phone company, CAD, Records, etc.)
- Implement your cyber response plan.
- Contact the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA) at 703-235-5080 or [email protected]
- File a complaint with the FBI Internet Crime and Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov.
- Include keywords “PSAP, Public Safety” in the description of the incident
- Contact APCO at [email protected] (Note: this e-mail address is not monitored 24/7)
New Cybersecurity Week Videos
In honor of October being cybersecurity awareness month, we have created short videos with cybersecurity tips and useful information. For 2024, our topics are:
- Smishing
- Cyber Resources
- What to Do if You Experience a Cyberattack
- Spyware
Take a Cybersecurity Course Designed for the Emergency Communications Industry
Cybersecurity Fundamentals for the ECC
APCO Virtual Classroom: October 29, 2024 | February 11, 2025
CISA Creates Webpage for Shields Up
As the nation’s cyber defense agency, CISA stands ready to help organizations prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks. CISA’s Shields Up campaign webpage provides recommendations, products, and resources to increase organizational vigilance and keep stakeholders informed about cybersecurity threats and destructive exploits against critical infrastructure.
Every organization—large and small—should adopt a heightened posture when it comes to cybersecurity and protect their most critical assets against disruptive cyber incidents. CISA also encourages our stakeholders to voluntarily share information about cyber-related events that could help mitigate current or emerging cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure.”
Latest Cybersecurity News
The threats we face — digital and physical, man-made, technological, and natural — are more complex, and the threat actors more diverse, than at any point in our history. The CISA news feed summarizes the latest news, multimedia, and other important communications from CISA.
