Legislators and Cybersecurity

In many parts of the United States, legislatures will be starting to hold committee meetings and the legislature will be coming into session. One of the challenges all emergency managers have is trying to get attention to their mission and the topic of emergency management. I think every discipline and advocacy group has this same challenge.

Take look at this article, Legislating Cybersecurity: Breaches Grab Lawmakers’ Attention, which comes from Government Technology magazine

With cybersecurity you have something that is in the news almost daily, yet there is still reluctance on the part of many legislators to engage on the topic from their position as elected officials. Some think of these cyberbreaches like people think about disasters: They always happen somewhere else. Isn't it terrible! 

Perhaps the article will provide you with some insights about how to communicate with legislators in the upcoming session in your state.

Last, in the article there is a Pell Center report on the State of the States on the topic of cybersecurity referenced. It doesn't look at every state, but a selected few. Maybe your state is mentioned and what is being done about cybersecurity where you live and work.