Security News > 2020 > January > Bill Would Create State Cybersecurity Leader Positions

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would require the Department of Homeland Security to appoint cybersecurity leaders in each state to help combat growing cyberthreats against units of local government.

The Cybersecurity State Coordinator Act of 2020 aims to strengthen state and local governments' response to cybersecurity incidents in a timely manner as well as ensure that threat intelligence is better shared between the state and federal governments, the backers say.

Under the proposed law, the director of Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would be required to appoint an employee of the agency in each state who would serve as cybersecurity state coordinator.

The FBI will also work with the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to notify state and local officials.

"This bipartisan bill, which creates a cybersecurity state coordinator position, would help bolster state and local governments' cybersecurity by facilitating their relationship with the federal government to ensure they know what preventative resources are available to them as well as who to turn to if an attack occurs," Portman says.

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