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Lawmakers Hear Request to Expand Utah Cyber Center Support for Local Governments and Schools
Summary
Representatives and local officials urged funding for the Utah Cyber Center to expand training, incident response and equipment grants for counties, cities, water districts and K–12 schools, citing recent successful ransomware interruptions and a looming end to federal grant support.
Representatives Albrecht and Senator Harper asked the General Government Appropriations Subcommittee to fund an expanded Utah Cyber Center program that would deliver training, equipment and grants to local governments and K–12 school districts.
"We just need to get this money into place so we can get grants, training, and other resources out to people," Representative Albrecht said, describing a particular need in rural Utah. Lee Perry, Box Elder County commissioner and former state legislator, told the committee Box Elder recovered from a major cybersecurity incident with help from the…
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