Joseph Fusz (Of Counsel-Chicago, IL) was quoted in a December 19, 2024, article in American City & County regarding local government readiness to respond to a cyber-attack. “It’s safe to predict that governments will have to increase their IT defense budgets in 2025 and beyond,” Joseph says, noting that cybersecurity incidents (including ransomware attacks) have been on the rise over the past several years. “Given that the high financial costs of remediation and recovery, along with regulatory investigations and civil liability that can arise out of a data breach, it is an extremely wise long-term investment to make sure that they have a complete and comprehensive security posture.”