{"id":2461,"date":"2022-03-03T23:44:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T23:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2022-03-03T23:44:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T23:44:31","slug":"state-data-security-reactions-amid-ukraine-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/state-data-security-reactions-amid-ukraine-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"State Data Security Reactions Amid Ukraine Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is happening? In Texas, &#8220;Gov. Greg Abbott\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/uploads\/files\/press\/O-CrawfordAmanda_McCrawSteven202202251559.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">sent a letter<\/a>\u00a0to the Texas Department of Information Resources and the Department of Public Safety directing both agencies to\u00a0use their resources to safeguard critical infrastructure and to help local governments and school districts with their needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.gov\/governor\/news\/7306-governor-polis-announces-new-state-actions-response-russias-invasion-ukraine\">executive order<\/a>\u00a0directing the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to focus on protecting the state\u2019s critical infrastructure from Russian cyberattacks or misinformation efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gcn.com\/cybersecurity\/2022\/02\/ny-launches-joint-cybersecurity-center-strengthen-coordination\/362362\/\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a>\u00a0a Joint Security Operations Center to bring together federal, state, county, local governments and critical infrastructure partners to improve coordination and bolster cybersecurity efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NC_Governor\/status\/1498392275461705728\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0that he had instructed the Joint Cybersecurity Task Force to increase outreach and assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Jersey Cybersecurity &amp; Communications Integration Cell, a component organization in the state&#8217;s Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness urged agencies to be on the lookout for information operations, cyber espionage and various cyberattacks and &#8220;ensure all preventive, detective, and responsive cybersecurity controls and plans are fully implemented and updated.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is this important? There are continued denial of service and destructive malware attacks affecting Ukraine and other countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will this be important? Sharing information on attacks is a form of mitigating more attacks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.route-fifty.com\/tech-data\/2022\/03\/governors-tighten-it-cybersecurity-amid-ukraine-attacks\/362592\/\">Route Fifty | Governors Tighten IT Cybersecurity Amid Ukraine Attacks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is happening? In Texas, &#8220;Gov. Greg Abbott\u00a0sent a letter\u00a0to the Texas Department of Information Resources and the Department of Public Safety directing both agencies to\u00a0use their resources to safeguard critical infrastructure and to help local governments and school districts with their needs.&#8221; &#8220;Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued an\u00a0executive order\u00a0directing the Office of Information Technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions\/2462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}