Town of Merrimac Receives $24,933 State Grant to Enhance Cybersecurity

The Town of Merrimac is pleased to announce that Merrimac has received a state grant that will help the town enhance its ability to respond to a cybersecurity attack.

The town will receive $24,933 from the Commonwealth’s Municipal Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. This grant allows city and school departments to create and update incident response plans and materials needed to ensure operational continuity following a cyberattack.

“This is the third grant we have received to support our information technology needs and are grateful to the Commonwealth for its continued support,” said Town Accountant Anne Jim. “This grant will be instrumental in implementing and enhancing security protections.”

The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $7 million in cybersecurity grants to 132 state and regional agencies and municipalities this week. 

“It’s vital that our communities have access to the resources, tools, and guidance necessary to protect against increasingly frequent and sophisticated cybersecurity threats,” Gov. Maura Healey said in a release. “Through these programs, our administration has undertaken a collaborative approach to equip state agencies and local communities with funding to help prevent, prepare for and recover from attacks on our digital infrastructure.”

Funding came from the federal State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program offered to states by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).