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OMES warns of high‑volume cyberattacks and highlights treasury modernization as a security priority
Summary
OMES officials told the committee the state faces persistent, high‑volume cyberattacks and cited a multiyear treasury replacement project and other security investments as priorities to reduce operational risk to critical systems.
OMES officials told the appropriations committee that Oklahoma's consolidated IT footprint makes the state a high‑value target for cyberattacks and that ongoing investments are needed to maintain security and resilience.
Deputy Director Jerry Moore described historic and recent attack volumes encountered by state systems, saying the state has seen millions of attack events daily: "When I came as the CIO in the month before COVID, we were averaging 4,000,000 attacks a day... We're at 57,000,000 attacks a day," Moore said. He emphasized that the state has not experienced a catastrophic outage since shoring up redundancy and disaster recovery.
OMES also described a large multiyear project to replace a 1972 mainframe treasury system and modernize the state's banking platform. Rose said the treasurer and OMES have contracted for the replacement and that the project is underway and on track; OMES framed the replacement as a security and continuity priority.
Why it matters: the state runs mission‑critical services (payment systems, benefit programs, 911 support) on centralized platforms; sustained cybersecurity and modern platforms reduce the risk of outages that would affect many citizens.
Ending: OMES asked the committee to consider continuing investment in cybersecurity tooling, disaster recovery and the treasury modernization project to maintain resilience of core state systems.
