§665c Cybersecurity State Coordinator

Summary

The Director must pick one agency employee in each State who has cybersecurity training and experience to be the Cybersecurity State Coordinator. That coordinator must build public and, on a voluntary basis, private partnerships and advise on governance for secure systems; act as the federal cybersecurity expert to help prepare for, respond to, and fix cyber incidents; share threat information; tell non-federal groups about federal resources; support training, exercises, and continuity planning (including for ransomware); serve, on a voluntary basis, as a main federal contact for non-federal entities; help set up vulnerability disclosure programs; assist State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments on a voluntary basis with cybersecurity plans; work with agency officials; and do other tasks the Director finds necessary to reduce cyber risks. The Director must consult with State, local, Tribal, and territorial officials when making the appointment and must consult with those officials and other non-federal entities about the coordinator’s performance.