Lege Trend: Legislative Data Task Force. Protect the Data.

California Governor Jerry Brown announced a new Cybersecurity Task Force today. Its goal are to:

• “reinforce online security”
• “protect critical state information from data breaches”

The task force is in response to an audit that faulted California for:

• lax security measures
• finding 73 of 77 state entities comply with information security standards.
• “The 75-page audit criticized the California Department of Technology for failing to identify failing state agencies, and found the state vulnerable to hackers.”

Governor Brown Executive Order     Courthouse News Service