{"id":626,"date":"2017-01-25T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/2017\/01\/25\/2017-data-security-recommendations-house-committees-15-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T02:30:00","slug":"2017-data-security-recommendations-house-committees-15-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/2017-data-security-recommendations-house-committees-15-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Data Security Recommendations House Committees. 15 Recommendations."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/_media\/pdf\/committees\/reports\/84interim\/State-Affairs-Committee-Interim-Report-2016.pdf\">State Affairs<\/a> recommendations:\n<ul>\n<li>a dedicated and collaborative cybersecurity initiaitive\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>clear legislative direcetives<\/li>\n<li>direct agencies to collaborate<\/li>\n<li>a central repository for its cybersecurity program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/_media\/pdf\/committees\/reports\/84interim\/Urban-Affairs-Committee-Interim-Report-2017.pdf\">Urban Affairs<\/a> recommendations:\n<ul>\n<li>appropriate funds for a\u00a0<span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';\">grant program to support cybersecurity training and information sharing costs for small municipalities and utilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';\">creation of cybersecurity training and information sharing programs within agencies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';\">increase the level of cybersecurity expertise in state agencies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;\">statewide cybersecurity coordinator in the G<\/span><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;\">overnor\u2019s office and improving the cybersecurity resources and structure of the <\/span><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;\">Department of Information Resources\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/_media\/pdf\/committees\/reports\/84interim\/Government-Transparency-and-Operation-Committee-Interim-Report-2017.pdf\">Government Operations and Transparency<\/a> recommendations:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS;font-weight:700;\">Require Executive Director, Commissioner, CEO level approval for annual agency cyber security risk report\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS;font-weight:700;\">Increase the number of cybersecurity practitioners in Texas\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS;font-weight:700;\">Create a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family:TimesNewRomanPS;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;\">Central Legislative Committee Responsible for Cyber Security Risks\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:TimesNewRomanPS;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;\">Funding to upgrade legacy systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li>promoting collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship in cyber security to facilitate the commercialization of university research and development \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/_media\/pdf\/committees\/reports\/84interim\/Investments-and-Financial-Services-Committee-Interim-Report-2017.pdf\">Investments and Financial Services<\/a> recommendations:\n<ul>\n<li>support fully funding strategies within the Texas Department of Information Resources&#8217; (DIR) Legislation Appropriations Request (LAR) to protect the state government&#8217;s computer network from cybersecurity threats, including security policy and awareness and security services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/_media\/pdf\/committees\/reports\/84interim\/County-Affairs-Committee-Interim-Report-2016.pdf\">County Affairs<\/a> recommendations:\n<ul>\n<li>require all counties to install and maintain appropiate level of\u00a0cybersecurity\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/_media\/pdf\/committees\/reports\/84interim\/State-Affairs-Committee-Interim-Report-2016.pdf\">State Affairs<\/a> recommendations:\n<ul>\n<li>a dedicated and collaborative cybersecurity initiaitive\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>clear legislative direcetives<\/li>\n<li>direct agencies to collaborate<\/li>\n<li>a central repository for its cybersecurity program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.state.tx.us\/_media\/pdf\/committees\/reports\/84interim\/Urban-Affairs-Committee-Interim-Report-2017.pdf\">Urban Affairs<\/a> recommendations:\n<ul>\n<li>appropriate funds for a\u00a0<span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';\">grant program to support cybersecurity training and information sharing costs for small municipalities and utilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';\">creation of cybersecurity training and information sharing programs within agencies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';\">increase the level of\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-legislative-issue","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}