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Public works departments form the backbone of every community—delivering clean water, maintaining roads, managing fleets, and responding to emergencies. Yet these essential operations face an intensifying wave of cyber threats in public works. From ransomware that halts work order systems to state-sponsored actors pre-positioning in water treatment plants, municipalities are high-value targets with limited resources and aging infrastructure. In 2025–2026, attacks on public sector entities surged, with ransomware incidents against government bodies [...]

Public works departments are the backbone of every community—keeping roads safe, water flowing, fleets running, and parks inviting. Yet across cities, counties, and towns in 2026, administrators face a persistent pressure: limited staff stretched thin while service requests continue to climb due to aging infrastructure, population growth, extreme weather, and heightened citizen expectations for fast, transparent service. Many teams report that emergency repairs alone consume 50-70% of maintenance budgets, [...]

Legacy data migration is one of the biggest hurdles facing public works administrators and municipal IT managers today. Outdated spreadsheets, fragmented databases, and aging on-premise systems hold critical information about assets, work orders, fleet maintenance, and citizen requests—yet they create silos, errors, and compliance risks that slow down operations and inflate costs. If your department is still relying on legacy systems to track streets, sewers, parks, or vehicles, you’re not [...]