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Rules Committee sends ordinance to create Office of Cybersecurity and city CISO to full Board
Summary
The Rules Committee unanimously recommended an ordinance that would add an Office of Cybersecurity and a city chief information security officer to the Administrative Code, require departments to appoint information security officers and conduct risk assessments every 24 months, and make the CISO a permanent member of COIT. The committee approved technical edits and forwarded the item to the full Board.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Rules Committee on March 7 voted 3-0 to send an ordinance to the full Board that would formally establish an Office of Cybersecurity in the Administrative Code and create a city chief information security officer (CISO) role.
Deputy City Administrator Ken Bukowski told the committee the ordinance mostly codifies existing Committee on Information Technology (COIT) policies and the mayor’s executive directive. ‘‘The office of cybersecurity is designed to centralize and coordinate the city's response to…
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