DIR – InfoHive – Data Security

Regulatory TREND. Anatomy of a State Cyber Office. How to hold agencies accountable to the Executive Branch?

West Virigina HB 2452 (2019 |WV) created the a new Cybersecurity Office within the Office of Technology.

Goals of the a new Cybersecurity Office:

risk assessment across state agencies
establish unifying security standards among state agencies
will leverage a risk management approach
provide for “apples-to-apples comparison of cyber-risk assessments across all agencies within the Executive Branch.”

Stems from WV’s 2018 particiaption in the National Governors Association (NGA)…

State: Ohio

IT Procurement Issue: How to get innovative tech firms to bid on IT contracts, especially for data analytics.

The procurement change: Remove the old school, clunky procurement process

The procurement fix:

streamline the procurement process by creating a request for proposal that prequalifies companies to provide analytics according to a range of disciplines, such as fraud, auditing, risk management, public safety…
remove the requirement that a vendor has to have worked for a…

Senate Business & Commerce interim report offers these recommendations on cybersecurity:

the voluntary nature of state cybersecurity policies are a problem (i.e. need more requirements with hint, hint: more procurement opportunities)
require technical risk assessments at state agencies
USE PRIVATE SECTOR TECHNOLOGIES like cloud storage

A plethora of procurement opportunities abound.

Which governmetnal entity is seeking contractors for data security? Department of Defense

What is the data security objective? $600 million in computer system for background checks

Can similar procument opportunities present itself in Texas? Absolutely, keep your eyes open and subscribed to informedintel.com

Stacey Napier will lead the Department of Information Resources as the its executive director beginning mid-March 2016.

Napier replaces Todd Kimbriel, the interim executive director of DIR.

An overview of her background: