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ITS seeks $10 million cybersecurity fund, describes consolidation and rising attack activity
Summary
The Office of Information Technology Services told the Joint Finance Preparation Committee it needs a new cybersecurity and IT resilience fund (with a proposed $10 million transfer) to pay for enterprise security improvements, emergency connectivity and hardware replacement as the agency consolidates IT across state government.
The Joint Finance Preparation Committee heard the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) outline a multi-year consolidation plan and a proposed cybersecurity and IT resilience fund with a $10 million general-fund transfer recommended by the governor.
Christopher LaHosa, budget and policy analyst for Legislative Services, reviewed ITS’s recent consolidation history and explained the governor’s recommendation for a $10,000,000 one-time cash transfer to create a continuous-appropriation cybersecurity and IT resilience fund to be managed by ITS. LaHosa said that the fund would be used for enterprise security improvements, emergency connectivity network services, infrastructure investments and hardware replacement items that agencies otherwise might delay because of constrained replenishment cycles.
Administrator Alberto Gonzales of ITS described the practical cybersecurity risks driving the request and the agency’s operational plan. Gonzales said legacy hardware and applications across agencies create “indefensible” attack surfaces and argued a centralized fund and replacement plan would allow ITS to…
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