U.S. governors launched an initiative to combat cyberattacks and increase...
U.S. governors launched an initiative to combat cyberattacks and increase cybersecurity awareness, the National Governors Association (NGA) said Tuesday (http://xrl.us/bnsbs9). The association created the Resource Center for State Cybersecurity and selected Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and Michigan Gov. Rick…
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Snyder (R) to lead it. The initiative is to focus on “the role state policy can and should play in ensuring adequate cybersecurity for state-owned and state-based infrastructure including data and communication systems, financial records, banking systems, water systems, electrical grids and energy companies,” NGA said. It says the center is needed because of “rapidly evolving and expanding” technological threats. To help fight cyberthreats, the center will form a planning group, commission white papers, create a National Policy Council on State Cybersecurity, issue recommendations on state policy and offer “technical assistance” to different governors’ offices, according to NGA. The center will, as time progresses, identify specific states in which it'll help implement its recommendations, it said.