City Blocks Email Account of Alderman Who Refuses Cybersecurity Training

guest · Sep 16, 2019

City Blocks Email Account of Alderman Who Refuses Cybersecurity Training
September 16, 2019
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/city-blocks-email-account-of/

Officials in the Tennessee city of Germantown have restricted the email account of an alderman who refuses to undergo cybersecurity training.

Insurance specialist and married father of one Dean Massey was elected to the position of alderman in 2016. His official DMassey@germantown-tn.gov email account was restricted earlier this month after Massey failed to complete a cybersecurity training course.
According to the Commercial Appeal website, all Germantown officials and city employees were asked to complete the 45-minute course by a specific date and were warned that failure to comply would result in their email access being restricted.

Massey's refusal comes in the wake of a July 2019 ransomware attack on the neighboring city of Collierville, which compromised the town's internal servers.
"[...] but cities should not get a false sense of security by having city employees and elected officials click a link that provides 45 minutes of generic instruction on how to avoid cyber-crimes."
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guest · Sep 24, 2019

Alderman Censured for Not Completing Cybersecurity Training
September 24, 2019
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/alderman-censured-training/

An alderman in the Tennessee city of Germantown has been censured for not completing a 45-minute cybersecurity training course.
Dean Massey received the official rebuke from his fellow aldermen at a heated two-hour meeting of the administration, which took place last night. The censure, which was passed on a 3-2 vote, stipulates that Massey must complete the cybersecurity training by September 27, 2019.

Describing what happened next, Massey told Infosecurity Magazine: "I never opposed or refused to take cyber-training. I requested that the IT director schedule time to publicly discuss cybersecurity and training with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, but rather than simply honoring my request and acting in the public's interest, the administration went into cover-up mode and replaced my request for public discussion about cybersecurity policies with another alderman's request to censure me."
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