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House committee advances bill requiring municipal cybersecurity plans, prompting debate over state-held details
Summary
The House Government Regulatory Committee advanced an amended bill that would require municipalities to adopt cybersecurity plans that meet state parameters and to provide those plans to the state. Witnesses and lawmakers debated whether centralizing plan details creates additional security risks.
The House Government Regulatory Committee advanced an amended bill that would require municipalities to develop cybersecurity plans that meet state-set parameters and provide those plans to the state, following a committee vote to move the measure as amended.
Committee members and a witness debated whether asking local governments and utilities to share plan details with the state could create new security vulnerabilities. A witness used a key metaphor to describe the concern: “You've given everybody a copy of your key ... and the state is holding this, a copy of the key. And then that leaves everybody else in…
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