The state of Arizona has embraced the cloud as the most flexible, efficient, and cost-effective way to create an infrastructure that satisfies its 7.5 million residents’ demands for online services and information.
In its quest to provide its residents with safe universal access to information, Arizona also emphasizes the importance of protecting its constituents and services from online threats. In 2019, to address increasing security concerns about cyberattacks against state and local governments, the state launched what would become the Arizona Statewide Cyber Readiness Program (CRP). What began as a federally funded cybersecurity grant program is now the backbone for a whole-of-state approach to cyber defenses, where an attack against one entity is viewed as an attack against all entities.