Upleveling State Security - A Collective Defense Handbook
Upleveling State Security is a practical handbook for turning whole-of-state cybersecurity from a strategy into an operational capability. Learn how to build a collective defense model where a threat identified by one organization can help protect the entire ecosystem.
In This Handbook, You’ll Discover
How collective defense turns shared threat intelligence into coordinated action across state and local organizations
How to assess your state’s readiness and identify critical intelligence gaps using practical tools and scorecards
How a hub-and-spoke model can centralize intelligence and extend actionable protection across the entire ecosystem
How to build and scale a whole-of-state program across different maturity levels, including governance, participation, and funding considerations
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Plus, Get 3 Practitioner Tools You Can Put to Work
Collective Defense Readiness Scorecard - Assess your current capabilities across 15 questions and identify where your state sits on a five-stage maturity curve.
Intelligence Gap Diagnostic - Evaluate your current intelligence sources to uncover gaps in relevance, timeliness, machine readability, and actionability.
Statewide Sharing Governance Charter - Work through eight foundational governance decisions before onboarding participants into a statewide sharing program.




