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6 U.S.C. § 665c — Cybersecurity State Coordinator

submitted 5 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 305 words · no verdicts yet

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The Director must appoint a qualified Cybersecurity State Coordinator in each State. Coordinators build relationships, advise on risks, share threat information, publicize resources, support preparation and recovery, and help governments and other entities with cybersecurity planning and disclosure programs.

(a) Appointment. The Director must appoint a qualified Agency employee in each State to serve as Cybersecurity State Coordinator.
(b) Duties. A Coordinator’s duties include: (1) building public and voluntary private-sector relationships and advising on governance for secure, resilient infrastructure; (2) serving as the federal cybersecurity-risk adviser and supporting preparation, response, and remediation for risks and incidents; (3) helping share cyber-threat information and improve risk understanding and incident awareness; (4) publicizing federal financial, technical, and operational resources that can increase nonfederal resilience; (5) supporting training, exercises, and continuity planning for faster recovery, including from ransomware; (6) serving as a main voluntary contact for nonfederal entities working with the federal government on incidents; (7) helping nonfederal entities create and coordinate vulnerability-disclosure programs consistent with federal and industry security standards; (8) voluntarily helping State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments develop State cybersecurity plans; (9) coordinating with Agency officials; and (10) performing other duties the Director finds necessary to manage U.S. cybersecurity risks and reduce cyber threats’ effects on nonfederal entities.
(c) Feedback. The Director must consult relevant State, local, Tribal, and territorial officials about appointing a State’s Coordinator, and those officials and other nonfederal entities about the Coordinator’s performance.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Appointment

The Director shall appoint an employee of the Agency in each State, with the appropriate cybersecurity qualifications and expertise, who shall serve as the Cybersecurity State Coordinator.

(b) Duties

The duties of a Cybersecurity State Coordinator appointed under subsection (a) shall include—

(1)

building strategic public and, on a voluntary basis, private sector relationships, including by advising on establishing governance structures to facilitate the development and maintenance of secure and resilient infrastructure;

(2)

serving as the Federal cybersecurity risk advisor and supporting preparation, response, and remediation efforts relating to cybersecurity risks and incidents;

(3)

facilitating the sharing of cyber threat information to improve understanding of cybersecurity risks and situational awareness of cybersecurity incidents;

(4)

raising awareness of the financial, technical, and operational resources available from the Federal Government to non-Federal entities to increase resilience against cyber threats;

(5)

supporting training, exercises, and planning for continuity of operations to expedite recovery from cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware;

(6)

serving as a principal point of contact for non-Federal entities to engage, on a voluntary basis, with the Federal Government on preparing, managing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents;

(7)

assisting non-Federal entities in developing and coordinating vulnerability disclosure programs consistent with Federal and information security industry standards;

(8)

assisting State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, on a voluntary basis, in the development of State cybersecurity plans;

(9)

coordinating with appropriate officials within the Agency; and

(10)

performing such other duties as determined necessary by the Director to achieve the goal of managing cybersecurity risks in the United States and reducing the impact of cyber threats to non-Federal entities.

(c) Feedback

The Director shall consult with relevant State, local, Tribal, and territorial officials regarding the appointment, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial officials and other non-Federal entities regarding the performance, of the Cybersecurity State Coordinator of a State.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2217, formerly § 2215, as added Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVII, § 1717(a)(1)(B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4099; renumbered § 2217 and amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XV, § 1547(b)(1)(A)(iv), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2061.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 2021Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 134 Stat. 4099
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 2061

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-296 on 2021-01-01.

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