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Council discusses cybersecurity summit, MS‑ISAC funding, passkeys and guidance for securing public meetings
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Summary
Members recapped the inaugural Hawaii Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit led by Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), discussed state support for MS‑ISAC membership, ETS's progress on passkeys and My Hawaii identity work, and the agency's plan to share public‑meeting security guidance with the Office of Information Practices.
Council members recapped the inaugural Hawaii Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit and discussed follow-up work, including membership funding for the Multi‑State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS‑ISAC), enterprise identity upgrades, and guidance for securing public meetings.
The chair said the Dec. 3 summit, led by Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) with support from E Republic, was a useful in‑person convening for state, local and federal participants. On funding for MS‑ISAC membership if the program shifts to a subscription model, members asked whether the state would pick up the cost. The chair said ETS is "in the process of finalizing procurement to support the membership for this fiscal year" and has requested longer‑term funding; the membership request did not make it into the governor’s package.
Members reported that Maui County and Hawaii County have covered membership costs separately to ensure continuity of services. "Maui County, and it includes our council services," one member said, noting counties had acted to maintain participation.
On identity and authentication, the chair described enterprise progress toward multi‑factor authentication (MFA) and adoption of phishing‑resistant options such as passkeys supported by Microsoft Entra ID. "Passkey functionality works today in both [my work and home] environments," the chair said, and ETS urged agencies building or replacing public‑facing services to support OpenID Connect (OIDC) or, if not possible, SAML for enterprise logins. A member asked whether My Hawaii would be available statewide for residents on any island; the chair confirmed that is the intent and that recent work migrating Tyler Hawaii login systems carried over state programs and included counties.
The council also discussed securing public meetings. ETS said it had implemented configurations to reduce disruptive participation for the current meeting and is reviewing technical recommendations to share with the Office of Information Practices (OIP) so guidance can be distributed for open meetings. County officials described using Zoom Gov, webinar features and Teams breakout sessions to manage public participation and asked for additional guidance tailored to specific platforms.
The chair announced ETS will continue working with e.Republic on a series of summits (data & AI, digital security and the public sector security conference) and proposed scheduling future council meetings every other month, starting with a tentative date on 02/18/2026.
No formal votes resulted from these programmatic discussions; council members asked ETS to pursue procurement and share technical guidance with OIP and local governments.
