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In a unanimous emergency vote, the city
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of Trenton's council bolstered the
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town's cyber security in a way that
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Mayor Ryan Perry was vague about.
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So, obviously, I don't want to divulge
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too much because I don't want to give
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away our security plans.
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The vote comes after passage of Ohio law
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requiring all local governments build a
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security plan and following two attacks
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against Westchester in August and an
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attack in Middletown that still affects
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city services months later.
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What goes through your head when you see
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active threats right next door? Well,
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what goes through my head is it's almost
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a changing world. That cyber security is
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just as important now as what physical
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University of Cincinnati cyber security
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expert Richard Hartnett tells me that
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local governments are a popular target
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because they're often undefended.
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There's that old adage Sean, you know,
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when they asked the bank robber, why did
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he rob the bank? He said because that's
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where the money is. Do you think that
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just even the smallest amount of
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hardening um could make them just not a
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target worth looking at and they would
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divert their resources elsewhere?
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the the quick answer to that is no.
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Hartman says that cyber security is a
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year-round effort, not a oneanddone
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solution. That's why he's helped launch
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free training signed on to by 107
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different cities in the last six weeks.
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What we're doing, Sean, is getting past
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that 30 minute video that you do once a
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year. Right. This is a persistent threat
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Now, because this measure was passed as
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an emergency, it will go into effect as
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soon as it can be implemented in Tinton.
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I'm Shawn Delansancy, WBCPO9 News.
