Procurement Opportunity State Employee Cyber Security Training

What are states doing to train their employees to protect data?

• Michigan, Oklahoma and Wyoming encourage but don’t require training
• Idaho Governor Excutive order requires training for all executive staff
• Illinois in 2017 made cybersecurity training mandatory for state employees
• Indiana’s CIO has authority to make training mandatory for state employees
• Utah sends out phony phishing emaisl to state employees to test them
• CT offers voluntary training every 2 months
• Alabama offers daily cybersecurity trivia games with prizes to employees, 1000 employees play a day

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