Grant Details

The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) provides funding to eligible state, local, and territorial (SLT) governments to manage and reduce systemic cyber risk, thus improving the security of critical infrastructure and improving the resilience of the services SLT governments provide their community.

Pennsylvania Guidance:

 The focus of that funding is on continuing and expanding the cybersecurity prevention tools and services available to Pennsylvania local governments from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

Through this grant, the commonwealth offers the following services:

• Asset intelligence: Unified protection for connected devices in an organization through asset visibility and data-driven risk prioritization.
• Intrusion detection: Monitors systems placed on government networks 24/7 to identify attacks, alert key personnel, and report nationally on coordinated attacks.
• Security Awareness Services: Employee training on security best practices, identifying potential threats like phishing attacks, simulation phishing emails for training purposes, and penetration testing services.
• Security Incident and Event Management: Software to help identify, monitor, record, and analyze security events and incidents within a real-time IT environment.