The Office of Grants and Research (OGR) will make available approximately $7,289,717 to units of local government through the federal State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) award to assist local communities in strengthening cybersecurity while reducing systemic cyber risk.
Donor Name: Office of Grants and Research (OGR)
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/08/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
To keep pace with today’s dynamic and increasingly sophisticated cyber threat environment, local governments and local public entities in Massachusetts must adopt key cybersecurity best practices, take decisive steps to modernize their approach to cybersecurity, and advance towards a Zero Trust Architecture.
The purpose of funding is to assist units of local government with improving cybersecurity by reducing susceptibility to cybersecurity threats, reducing cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and mitigating the consequences of cybersecurity attacks by enhancing specific cybersecurity capabilities.
Priority areas include:
- Development of a written cybersecurity incident response plan.
- Tabletop exercises (TTX) involving cross-functional staff members, including senior leadership of the applicant to exercise, test, and refine written cyber incident response plans.
- Cybersecurity awareness training – State agencies with a .gov domain or a network email domain owned and managed by a state unit of government are eligible to apply under this objective.
- Migration to the .gov internet domain.
- Implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA).
Project Objectives
- Migration of the local municipality or local public entity to the .gov internet domain.
- Implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Cybersecurity awareness training –Municipalities with a .gov domain or a network email domain owned and managed by the local unit of government are eligible to apply.
- Development of a written cybersecurity incident response plan for a local unit of government.
- Tabletop exercises (TTX) involving cross-functional staff members, including senior leadership of the applicant to exercise, test, and refine written cyber incident response plans.
Funding Information
No award made to a single unit of local government may exceed $100,000.00. If a municipality wishes to submit a joint application that consists of one additional partner, the applicant may not request more than $200,000.00 in funding. A joint application consisting of 3-10 municipalities will not be awarded more than $300,000.00 in total funding.
Performance Period
May 2024-June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only a Massachusetts local unit of government (e.g., municipalities, regional school districts, regional water authorities) are eligible to apply under this grant program. The Municipal Chief Executive Officer (Mayor, City Manager, Town Administrator, Executive Director) of the local unit of government applying for a grant award must sign the application when submitted. Only one (1) application per local unit of government is permitted for consideration of funding.
- A municipality may submit a joint application that includes other municipalities in an effort to streamline the grant administrative process for itself and neighboring or nearby communities. Each separate municipality participating in a joint application will be eligible for up to the maximum award amount of $100,000.00 individually and up to maximum of $300,000.00 collectively. For example, if a joint application represents a total of three (3) towns and the maximum award amount for a local unit of government participating is $100,000.00, the total maximum award amount that may be requested is $300,000.00. A municipality will not be permitted to file a joint application if goods and services are not directly benefiting all listed partnering municipalities. No more than ten (10) municipalities may participate in a joint application.
For more information, visit OGR.
