“We first have to finish developing our training program and that training program is a part of the turnkey solution that we’re offering counties [and cities] saying, ‘Hey don’t reinvent the wheel. Just do this, here’s your training program, here’s your tools, and call us when you need us or need help,’” he said.

Idaho’s Incident Response Program will be implemented statewide via WebEOC for state agencies and local governments to identify cyberthreats in a standardized and quantifiable format.

“We’re beefing up our system so we can understand what’s going on better,” Curt said. “… We’re anticipating we’re going to have to train and get people switching mindsets. Before, it was like a loose ship because you could report any way you wanted to. Now we’re getting more structure in the reporting so we can get more intelligent about it.”