Idaho Takes Task Force Approach to Statewide Cybersecurity

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Idaho Takes Task Force Approach to Statewide Cybersecurity
August 13, 2021
https://www.govtech.com/security/idaho-takes-task-force-approach-to-statewide-cybersecurity

Idaho’s new cross-sector Cybersecurity Task Force will meet for the first time next week, launching a six-month effort to produce cybersecurity recommendations in time to inform the governor’s next budget.

States across the nation are grappling with threats to public and private organizations and essential networks, as well as difficulties hiring enough cyber talent. Idaho’s task force aims examine all these issues together for a more coordinated, informed approach to challenges and is turning to 19 members with varied backgrounds to help it do so.
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Federal organizations like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) publish a variety of cybersecurity resources, for example, but the task force can help organizations get the most out of them by adding state-specific context, explained Zach Tudor, co-chair and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) associate laboratory director, in a separate conversation with Government Technology. It can also help consolidate and distribute federal guidance.
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The task force plans to develop a variety of subcommittees that drill deeper into specific focus areas and bring in the voices of additional experts.
EXPANDING BEYOND 2015 EFFORTS
Using a task force to address cyber needs is not entirely new for the state, where former Gov. Butch Otter established his own state Cybersecurity Task Force in 2015 with then-Lt. Gov. Little as its head.

This latest task force is launching against a backdrop of new threats but also greater state and federal government funding for cyber defenses, Kealey said.
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