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Legislative IT office outlines SOC monitoring, NIST mapping and plans for zero‑trust access
Summary
Legislative Office of Information Technology Services briefed the committee on data‑center arrangements, 24/7 monitoring, Microsoft 365 U.S. data residency, automated inventory and plans to move to zero‑trust and SASE models; the office said it lacked a funded CISO position.
Bob Murphy, representing the Legislative Office of Information Technology Services, briefed the committee on the legislature’s cybersecurity posture and plans tied to Senate Bill 291.
Murphy said legislative data centers include on‑capitol facilities and backups hosted at a LightEdge data center in Kansas City, Missouri. He said Microsoft 365 data for the legislature is stored within the United States and that only screened U.S. citizens work at the data centers. The office has implemented automated software tracking…
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