2023 PRCA Annual Report

Website Improvement goals: meet security, performance and scalability requirements

annual report PRCA 2023

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY “We’re committed to enhancing our technology to ensure better security, reliability, and exciting new features for our valued members and fans.” ~ Jeff Love

Jeff Love Chief Technology Officer

PRCA SYSTEM SHUT DOWN BY RANSOMWARE ATTACK

After the NoEscape ransomware attack shut down our PRCA system on Thurs day, July 20, 2023, information security became the top focus of the Information Technology Department. Average recovery turnaround time after a ransomware attack is 22 days. The North America Executive Summary 2023 Ransomware Trends Report notes that 19% of organizations that paid a ransom still couldn’t recover their data, and that trend points to more than half of all organizations facing subsequent attacks in the future.

On Monday, July 24, 2023, four days after the attack, our PROCOM Department took rodeo entries by phone. Five days after the attack, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, the PRCA made pay outs to rodeos. Remarkably, our IT Team built back a bet ter system with extra security measures in only 12 days. By August 1, 2023, 95% of our data was recovered and recaptured.

PRCA Photo by Natalie McFarland

used confidentiality AND integrity to guide prca information security.

SECRETARY SYSTEM Updated & Tested with Support Team and Advisory Committee.

Identified & worked to elim inate threats with MONTHLY staff Cybersecurity Training.

Maintained & monitored Com puter system issues to keep the PRCA running smoothly.

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