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Minnesota IT Services highlights cybersecurity gains and warns of AI risks; committee asks about recent data breach probe
Summary
MNIT Commissioner Tarek Toombs presented the agency's portfolio and cybersecurity work, said Minnesota earned national recognition for digital government, and described AI governance steps; members asked about a recent public-safety data breach and forensics.
Tarek Toombs, commissioner of Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) and chief information officer for the state, briefed the Senate Committee on State and Local Government on Jan. 23 on MNIT's role supporting agencies, counties, schools and local governments and on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence governance.
"It's my pleasure to provide you with an overview of Minnesota IT Services, or MNIT as it's commonly referred to," Toombs said, summarizing MNIT's portfolio and noting that Minnesota recently received an "A grade for excellence in digital government" from the Center for Digital Government.
The nut graf: Toombs told the committee MNIT manages thousands of agency applications, a…
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