Committee advances ordinance adopting city cybersecurity program, authorizing emergency actions
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to give a favorable report to an ordinance that would adopt a municipal cybersecurity program, require reporting to state cyber authorities and authorize the chief technology manager to act during ransomware incidents; the committee moved to suspend rules and advance the measure.
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Councilman Wheeler told the Budget and Finance Committee that the ordinance before the panel contains three primary parts: municipal adoption of a cybersecurity program, required incident reporting and a provision allowing the city to adopt an ordinance to pay ransom if a ransomware attack required payout. "We brought this last week," Wheeler said, "there's 3 primary portions to this."
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