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Senate approves IT optimization and creates state security operations center under ITS
Summary
Lawmakers approved an IT Optimization Act to reduce duplication across agencies and a companion bill to establish a State Security Operations Center under ITS for centralized cyber monitoring and response; sponsors cited potential cost savings and workforce benefits.
The Mississippi Senate passed two related measures to consolidate and strengthen the state's information technology and cybersecurity posture.
Senate Bill 26‑53 (IT Optimization Act) creates a statewide program to promote shared services, minimum technology standards for agencies, a council of agency chief information officers, and an IT optimization fund to seed shared services. Senator Williams described consolidation examples — "our 31 largest…
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