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City Paducah Selects Federal Engineering for Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, February 24, 2025 – The City Paducah, KY announced that they have chosen Federal Engineering, Inc. (FE) to provide a cybersecurity risk and vulnerability assessment to meet the objectives of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Objective 2. Objective 2 states that, “Participants should understand their current cybersecurity posture and areas for improvement based on continuous testing, evaluation, and structured assessments.”
According to Mr. Eric Stuber, Chief Technology Director for the City: “The City of Paducah has a resident population of approximately 25,000 but serves an expanding daytime population of close to 100,000. The Technology Department administers and maintains the City’s network operations center providing voice and data communications and network resources to all City departments. The Paducah Police and Fire Departments’ wireless mobile network, hardware, software, and network infrastructure for 911 operations are also administered and maintained by the Technology Department.”
Mr. Stuber continued: “The City is looking for a firm to use state-of-the-art programs to assess our computers, networks, systems, and applications for known weaknesses. Federal Engineering’s proposal demonstrates their ability to meet our needs. Their work will provide the City with insights into corrective actions, compliance with regulatory frameworks, and recommendations for a strong cybersecurity posture.”
Mr. Ronald F. Bosco, President & CEO of Federal Engineering said: “FE appreciates the opportunity to, once again, serve the citizens of the City of Paducah. We have been providing public safety consulting services to the City since 2016. For this project, FE is teaming with our long-term strategic partner Cyberblack, LLC (Cyberblack) which specializes in cybersecurity threat assessments, penetration testing, policy development, governance, training, and risk mitigation action planning for both government and commercial clients. FE’s in depth knowledge of government technology and operations combined with Cyberblack’s comprehensive approach to cybersecurity makes the FE/Cyberblack team uniquely qualified to provide the services needed deliver to the City a successful cybersecurity risk and vulnerability assessment project.”
“At Cyberblack, we use fresh and innovative techniques by merging experiences in different industries to apply strong core cybersecurity practices. We assist organizations that are initiating their first cybersecurity programs as well as organizations with well-established programs seeking continued enhancement and independent perspectives. Cyberblack takes pride in supporting clients in understanding the root cause of the problem, giving them the knowledge and tools to protect their organization, people, and reputation,” stated Mr. Brett Hodges, Founder and CEO at Cyberblack.
Federal Engineering is a leading, nationwide firm providing technology analysis, design, procurement, and implementation support for dispatch, emergency communications, and real time crime centers. These services complement FE’s wide range of consulting services in public safety and public service mobile communications involving voice, data, and paging systems. FE’s cybersecurity practice helps our clients defend against today’s complex and ever-changing threat landscape. FE personnel also serve as trusted advisors assisting clients to assess the impacts of new technologies on their current and future plans. Since 1983, FE has completed thousands of technology projects in all 50 states for numerous state, local, and federal government clients as well as clients in Canadian. FE’s certified independence ensures that clients receive objective, unbiased consulting services that are not influenced by any technology, product, vendor, or approach.