The City of Page belongs to many organizations geared toward better governing and management, including Arizona Municipal Risk Retention Pool (AMRRP). One of the benefits of an AMRRP membership is a Bitsight testing, evaluation and security rating. 

Speaking at the Sept. 13 City Council Meeting, City Manager Darren Coldwell said that Page has the “highest score in the AMRRP pool.” 

“Basically, they tried to attack Kane two years in a row, and he was the best in the state,” Coldwell said, referring to City of Page Information Technology Director Kane Scott. “Page was No. 1, most efficient, couldn't get through. There are 70 members in the AMRRP pool. In fact, Page is better than 90% of the government agencies nationwide.”

“This is really, really a big deal because, I don't know if you see how everybody from Russia to China to Asia, they attempt to attack local agencies and then hold them for ransom,” Coldwell said. “They just attacked Phoenix hospitals, and I still don't know what they're going to do, if they're going to pay or what they're going to do. To be able to deflect those guys that know what they’re doing is a pretty big deal.”

There were over 263 million ransomware attacks worldwide in the first half of 2022. A whopping 71% of organizations worldwide were affected by ransomware attacks in 2022.