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Committee adopts substitute and advances bill to set up state cybersecurity operations center
Summary
The Technology Committee adopted a committee substitute and advanced Senate Bill 2654 to charge ITS with establishing a state Security Operations Center (SOC) to centralize cyberassets; the committee directed the substitute forward by voice vote and said ITS would likely lead the SOC.
The Technology Committee adopted the committee substitute for Senate Bill 2654 and advanced the measure charging the state's ITS with establishing a Security Operations Center (SOC).
Chair (S1) described the SOC as a centralized, reactionary center to coordinate cyber assets across state and local networks. He said cybersecurity elements are currently housed in multiple agencies, including Homeland Security, which has used federal grant money to support local responses to incidents. The chair and other members (including Senator Delano and references to Jeff Ford) discussed who might participate in the SOC and concluded ITS should oversee it.
The committee adopted the committee substitute and then approved a title-sufficient do-pass on the substitute by voice vote; the transcript records the committee adopting the sub and reporting it out. The committee noted related work on a separate state CIO bill and said additional structural changes may appear in other committee actions.
Why it matters: Centralizing cybersecurity operations under a SOC could standardize incident response, provide centralized coordination for localities, and consolidate assets now spread across multiple agencies. The committee did not provide implementation dates, staffing details, or budget figures in the transcript.
The committee advanced the committee substitute by voice vote and will report the substitute out of committee for further consideration.
