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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3.5-406" title_number="3.5" title_name="Department of Information Technology" subtitle_number="4">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to municipal governments.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In a manner and frequency established in regulations adopted by the Department, each county government, local school system, and local health department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in consultation with the local emergency manager, create or update a cybersecurity preparedness and response plan; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The assessment required under paragraph (b)(2) of this section may, in accordance with the preference of each county government, be performed by the Department or by a vendor authorized by the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On request, the Department shall advise local school systems on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>compliance with the State minimum cybersecurity standards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>conducting cybersecurity maturity assessments every 2 years; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>remediation efforts.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department is not responsible for the successful performance of or day–to–day management of the duties of a local school system described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each local government shall report a cybersecurity incident, including an attack on a State system being used by the local government, to the appropriate local emergency manager and the State Security Operations Center in the Department in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the reporting of cybersecurity incidents to local emergency managers under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the State Chief Information Security Officer shall determine:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the criteria for determining when an incident must be reported;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the manner in which to report; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the time period within which a report must be made.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The State Security Operations Center shall immediately notify the appropriate agencies of a cybersecurity incident reported under this subsection through the State Security Operations Center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
