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State IT agency seeks $10 million cybersecurity fund and new staff as consolidation continues
Summary
The Office of Information Technology Services asked the Joint Finance Preparation Committee to authorize a new continuously appropriated cybersecurity and IT resilience fund with a $10 million initial transfer, and described ongoing agency consolidation and staffing needs.
Christopher LaHozet, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, briefed the committee on the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS), describing a multiyear consolidation of state IT staff and a governor’s recommendation to create a new cybersecurity and IT resilience fund with a $10 million initial cash transfer.
LaHozet said ITS was created by House Bill 607 (2018) and has absorbed IT personnel from multiple agencies over several phases; phase 5 would add the Department of Juvenile Corrections and Idaho State Police, and the Department of Health and Welfare is scheduled to move in a later phase.
Administrator Alberto Gonzales, who joined ITS leadership at the hearing, said the proposed cybersecurity and IT resilience fund is intended to centralize replacement of legacy hardware and enterprise security investments so agencies do not defer critical infrastructure work. “A lot of this hardware on our network … is…
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