§128B-1 Cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator; powers and duties. (a) There is established the full-time Hawaii cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator to oversee cybersecurity and cyber resiliency matters, including cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security for the State. The coordinator shall be placed within the department of law enforcement.
(b) The coordinator shall be selected by the director of law enforcement based on the recommendations of the various agencies, departments, and private entities that will partner with the coordinator.
(c) The coordinator shall partner with representatives from the following entities:
(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the coordinator, through its various partnerships, shall develop the requirements and methods for:
(e) The coordinator may request the assistance of other departments, agencies, and private companies, both inside and outside of the State to carry out its duties.
(f) For the purposes of this section:
"Coordinator" shall mean the Hawaii cybersecurity, economic, education, and infrastructure security coordinator.
"Cyber resiliency" shall mean the ability to complete vulnerability assessments, identify potential cyber-attacks, mitigate losses from cyber-attacks, and recover quickly and efficiently from cyber-attacks. [L 2014, c 129, §2; am L 2020, c 70, §3; am L 2022, c 278, §40]