(1) There is created within the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS), a State Security Operations Center (SSOC). The SSOC shall operate under the leadership of the Executive Director of ITS and in direct coordination with the Enterprise Security Program established under Section 25-53-201. The SSOC is intended to serve as the operational arm of statewide cybersecurity, complementing but not supplanting the strategic, regulatory and governance authorities already granted under Section 25-53-201.
(2) The SSOC shall provide centralized statewide cybersecurity operations, including:(a) Continuous monitoring, alerting, threat detection and analysis of state cyberinfrastructure, as defined by ITS;(b) Operational incident response and mitigation;(c) Security orchestration, automation and response functions;(d) Technical support to the Enterprise Security Program regarding enforcement of statewide cybersecurity requirements; and(e) Operational execution of certain responsibilities assigned to ITS under Section 25-53-201.
(a) Continuous monitoring, alerting, threat detection and analysis of state cyberinfrastructure, as defined by ITS;
(b) Operational incident response and mitigation;
(c) Security orchestration, automation and response functions;
(d) Technical support to the Enterprise Security Program regarding enforcement of statewide cybersecurity requirements; and
(e) Operational execution of certain responsibilities assigned to ITS under Section 25-53-201.