On October 18th, 2022, my department was notified of a potential ransomware attack on one of our workstations at City Hall. Homeland Security delivered two detailed reports concerning the attack including the affected computer. This computer was disconnected from the network to isolate it from the entire network. Contact was made with Jeremy Ison and a copy of the detailed reports were forwarded to him. I would like to commend the actions of Jeremy Ison with his prompt response and investigation of this attack. I believe his actions saved the City of Carlinville from a successful ransomware attack and potential exposure of critical data. The affected computer was reformatted after all the necessary information was transferred to a different media. The prepared report was shared with HSI, FBI, and CISA and all concurred with the tremendous work Jeremy had accomplished. It is evident that Jeremy's professional abilities shined large, and your business should be proud to have him as one of your employees. Again, I wanted you to know how much we appreciated Jeremy's efforts.