A new Maryland bill would ask the state’s
Department of Information Technology to
develop a baseline plan for localities within the
state to help battle cyber attacks.
Senate bill 120, introduced by Sen. Susan Lee,
D-Montgomery, would give the Maryland
Department of Information Technology the
expanded responsibility of developing a
cybersecurity strategy and helping agencies
within the state implement it at their discretion.
Under current law, the Department of Information
Technology oversees the defense of state systems,
but not that of counties, school districts and other
similar entities. Having a sample plan in place
could be beneficial in preventing future attacks
that disrupted the likes of the city of Baltimore
and Salisbury Police Department recently and cost
millions in reparations.
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