Bill Text: FL S1708 | 2023 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Cybersecurity
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government [S1708 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S1708-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2023 CS for SB 1708
By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
and Senator DiCeglie
585-03244A-23 20231708c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to cybersecurity; providing a short
3 title; amending s. 110.205, F.S.; exempting certain
4 personnel from the career service; amending s.
5 282.0041, F.S.; defining terms; revising the
6 definition of the term “incident”; amending s.
7 282.0051, F.S.; requiring the Florida Digital Service
8 to ensure that independent project oversight is
9 performed in a certain manner and to take certain
10 actions relating to the procurement of project
11 oversight as a service; requiring the Florida Digital
12 Service to provide certain reports by certain dates;
13 requiring the Florida Digital Service to establish an
14 operations committee for a certain purpose and
15 composed of certain members; requiring the Governor to
16 appoint a state chief information officer subject to
17 confirmation by the Senate; requiring the state chief
18 information officer to designate a state chief
19 technology officer; providing duties of the state
20 chief technology officer; amending s. 282.201, F.S.;
21 requiring that the state data center be overseen by
22 and accountable to the Department of Management
23 Services in consultation with certain officers;
24 providing requirements for certain state data center
25 procurements; requiring the state chief information
26 officer to assume responsibility for a certain
27 contract; requiring that the Florida Digital Service
28 be provided with full access to state data center
29 infrastructure, systems, applications, and other means
30 of hosting, supporting, and managing certain data;
31 requiring the state data center to submit a certain
32 report to the department and the Florida Digital
33 Service; amending s. 282.318, F.S.; requiring a state
34 agency to report ransomware and cybersecurity
35 incidents within a certain time period; requiring the
36 Florida Digital Service to notify the Governor and
37 Legislature of certain incidents; requiring that
38 certain notification be provided in a secure
39 environment; requiring the Florida Digital Service to
40 provide cybersecurity briefings to certain legislative
41 committees; authorizing the Florida Digital Service to
42 respond to certain cybersecurity incidents; requiring
43 a state agency head to designate a chief information
44 security officer for the agency; revising the purpose
45 of an agency’s information security manager and the
46 date by which he or she must be designated; revising
47 the frequency of a comprehensive risk assessment;
48 authorizing the department to facilitate and providing
49 requirements for such assessment; authorizing certain
50 legislative committees to hold closed meetings to
51 receive certain briefings; requiring such committees
52 to maintain the confidential and exempt status of
53 certain records; amending s. 282.3185, F.S.; requiring
54 a local government to report ransomware and
55 cybersecurity incidents within a certain time period;
56 requiring the Florida Digital Service to notify the
57 Governor and Legislature of certain incidents;
58 requiring that certain notification be provided in a
59 secure environment; amending s. 282.319, F.S.;
60 revising the membership of the Florida Cybersecurity
61 Advisory Council; creating s. 768.401, F.S.; providing
62 that a county, municipality, or commercial entity that
63 complies with certain requirements is not liable in
64 connection with a cybersecurity incident; requiring
65 certain entities to adopt certain revised frameworks
66 or standards within a specified time period; providing
67 that a private cause of action is not established;
68 providing that certain failures are not evidence of
69 negligence and do not constitute negligence per se;
70 specifying that the defendant in certain actions has a
71 certain burden of proof; providing an effective date.
72
73 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
74
75 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Florida Cyber
76 Protection Act.”
77 Section 2. Paragraph (y) is added to subsection (2) of
78 section 110.205, Florida Statutes, to read:
79 110.205 Career service; exemptions.—
80 (2) EXEMPT POSITIONS.—The exempt positions that are not
81 covered by this part include the following:
82 (y) Personnel employed by or reporting to the state chief
83 information security officer, the state chief data officer, a
84 chief information security officer, and an agency information
85 security manager.
86 Section 3. Present subsections (3) through (5), (6) through
87 (19), and (20) through (38) of section 282.0041, Florida
88 Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4) through (6), (8)
89 through (21), and (24) through (42), respectively, new
90 subsections (3), (7), (22), and (23) are added to that section,
91 and present subsection (19) is amended, to read:
92 282.0041 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
93 (3) “As a service” means the contracting with or
94 outsourcing to a third-party of a defined role or function as a
95 means of delivery.
96 (7) “Cloud provider” has the same meaning as provided in
97 Special Publication 800-145 issued by the National Institute of
98 Standards and Technology.
99 (21)(19) “Incident” means a violation or an imminent threat
100 of violation, whether such violation is accidental or
101 deliberate, of information technology resources, security,
102 policies, or practices, or which may jeopardize the
103 confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information
104 technology system or the information the system processes,
105 stores, or transmits. An imminent threat of violation refers to
106 a situation in which a state agency, county, or municipality has
107 a factual basis for believing that a specific incident is about
108 to occur.
109 (22) “Independent” means, for an entity providing
110 independent verification and validation, having no technical,
111 managerial, or financial interest in the relevant technology
112 project; no relationship to the relevant agency; and no
113 responsibility for or participation in any aspect of the
114 project, which includes project oversight by the Florida Digital
115 Service.
116 (23) “Independent verification and validation” means third
117 party support services that provide a completely independent and
118 impartial assessment of the progress and work products of a
119 technology project from concept to business case and throughout
120 the project life cycle.
121 Section 4. Section 282.0051, Florida Statutes, is amended
122 to read:
123 282.0051 Department of Management Services; Florida Digital
124 Service; powers, duties, and functions.—
125 (1) The Florida Digital Service is has been created within
126 the department to propose innovative solutions that securely
127 modernize state government, including technology and information
128 services, to achieve value through digital transformation and
129 interoperability, and to fully support the cloud-first policy as
130 specified in s. 282.206. The department, through the Florida
131 Digital Service, shall have the following powers, duties, and
132 functions:
133 (a) Develop and publish information technology policy for
134 the management of the state’s information technology resources.
135 (b) Develop an enterprise architecture that:
136 1. Acknowledges the unique needs of the entities within the
137 enterprise in the development and publication of standards and
138 terminologies to facilitate digital interoperability;
139 2. Supports the cloud-first policy as specified in s.
140 282.206; and
141 3. Addresses how information technology infrastructure may
142 be modernized to achieve cloud-first objectives.
143 (c) Establish project management and oversight standards
144 with which state agencies must comply when implementing
145 information technology projects. The department, acting through
146 the Florida Digital Service, shall provide training
147 opportunities to state agencies to assist in the adoption of the
148 project management and oversight standards. To support data
149 driven decisionmaking, the standards must include, but are not
150 limited to:
151 1. Performance measurements and metrics that objectively
152 reflect the status of an information technology project based on
153 a defined and documented project scope, cost, and schedule.
154 2. Methodologies for calculating acceptable variances in
155 the projected versus actual scope, schedule, or cost of an
156 information technology project.
157 3. Reporting requirements, including requirements designed
158 to alert all defined stakeholders that an information technology
159 project has exceeded acceptable variances defined and documented
160 in a project plan.
161 4. Content, format, and frequency of project updates.
162 5. Technical standards to ensure an information technology
163 project complies with the enterprise architecture.
164 (d) Ensure that independent Perform project oversight on
165 all state agency information technology projects that have total
166 project costs of $10 million or more and that are funded in the
167 General Appropriations Act or any other law is performed and in
168 compliance with applicable state and federal law.
169 1. The department may not be considered independent for
170 purposes of project oversight under this paragraph on a project
171 for which the department has provided or may be asked to provide
172 any operational or technical support, including, but not limited
173 to, providing advice or conducting any review.
174 2. The department shall establish an appropriate contract
175 vehicle to facilitate procurement of project oversight as a
176 service by the enterprise and ensure that the contract vehicle
177 includes offerings that incorporate the ability to comply with
178 applicable state and federal law, including any independent
179 verification and validation requirements. An entity that
180 provides project oversight as a service must provide a project
181 oversight report to the department.
182 3. An agency may request the department to procure project
183 oversight as a service for a project that is subject to this
184 paragraph. Such procurement by the department does not violate
185 the requirement that the project oversight must be independent.
186 4. The department, acting through the Florida Digital
187 Service, shall at least quarterly review received project
188 oversight reports and, upon acceptance of the contents of such
189 reports, provide the reports to the Executive Office of the
190 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
191 House of Representatives.
192 5. The department, acting through the Florida Digital
193 Service, shall report at least quarterly to the Executive Office
194 of the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
195 the House of Representatives on any information technology
196 project that the department identifies as high-risk due to the
197 project exceeding acceptable variance ranges defined and
198 documented in a project plan. The report must include a risk
199 assessment, including fiscal risks, associated with proceeding
200 to the next stage of the project, and a recommendation for
201 corrective actions required, including suspension or termination
202 of the project.
203 (e) Identify opportunities for standardization and
204 consolidation of information technology services that support
205 interoperability and the cloud-first policy, as specified in s.
206 282.206, and business functions and operations, including
207 administrative functions such as purchasing, accounting and
208 reporting, cash management, and personnel, and that are common
209 across state agencies. The department, acting through the
210 Florida Digital Service, shall biennially on January 15 1 of
211 each even-numbered year provide recommendations for
212 standardization and consolidation to the Executive Office of the
213 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
214 House of Representatives.
215 (f) Establish best practices for the procurement of
216 information technology products and cloud-computing services in
217 order to reduce costs, increase the quality of data center
218 services, or improve government services.
219 (g) Develop standards for information technology reports
220 and updates, including, but not limited to, operational work
221 plans, project spend plans, and project status reports, for use
222 by state agencies.
223 (h) Upon request, assist state agencies in the development
224 of information technology-related legislative budget requests.
225 (i) Conduct annual assessments of state agencies to
226 determine compliance with all information technology standards
227 and guidelines developed and published by the department and
228 provide results of the assessments to the Executive Office of
229 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
230 the House of Representatives.
231 (j) Conduct a market analysis not less frequently than
232 every 3 years beginning in 2021 to determine whether the
233 information technology resources within the enterprise are
234 utilized in the most cost-effective and cost-efficient manner,
235 while recognizing that the replacement of certain legacy
236 information technology systems within the enterprise may be cost
237 prohibitive or cost inefficient due to the remaining useful life
238 of those resources; whether the enterprise is complying with the
239 cloud-first policy specified in s. 282.206; and whether the
240 enterprise is utilizing best practices with respect to
241 information technology, information services, and the
242 acquisition of emerging technologies and information services.
243 Each market analysis shall be used to prepare a strategic plan
244 for continued and future information technology and information
245 services for the enterprise, including, but not limited to,
246 proposed acquisition of new services or technologies and
247 approaches to the implementation of any new services or
248 technologies. Copies of each market analysis and accompanying
249 strategic plan must be submitted to the Executive Office of the
250 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
251 House of Representatives not later than December 31 of each year
252 that a market analysis is conducted.
253 (k) Recommend other information technology services that
254 should be designed, delivered, and managed as enterprise
255 information technology services. Recommendations must include
256 the identification of existing information technology resources
257 associated with the services, if existing services must be
258 transferred as a result of being delivered and managed as
259 enterprise information technology services.
260 (l) In consultation with state agencies, propose a
261 methodology and approach for identifying and collecting both
262 current and planned information technology expenditure data at
263 the state agency level.
264 (m)1. Notwithstanding any other law, provide project
265 oversight on any information technology project of the
266 Department of Financial Services, the Department of Legal
267 Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
268 which has a total project cost of $20 million or more. Such
269 information technology projects must also comply with the
270 applicable information technology architecture, project
271 management and oversight, and reporting standards established by
272 the department, acting through the Florida Digital Service.
273 2. When performing the project oversight function specified
274 in subparagraph 1., report by the 15th day after the end of each
275 quarter at least quarterly to the Executive Office of the
276 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
277 House of Representatives on any information technology project
278 that the department, acting through the Florida Digital Service,
279 identifies as high-risk due to the project exceeding acceptable
280 variance ranges defined and documented in the project plan. The
281 report shall include a risk assessment, including fiscal risks,
282 associated with proceeding to the next stage of the project and
283 a recommendation for corrective actions required, including
284 suspension or termination of the project.
285 (n) If an information technology project implemented by a
286 state agency must be connected to or otherwise accommodated by
287 an information technology system administered by the Department
288 of Financial Services, the Department of Legal Affairs, or the
289 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, consult with
290 these departments regarding the risks and other effects of such
291 projects on their information technology systems and work
292 cooperatively with these departments regarding the connections,
293 interfaces, timing, or accommodations required to implement such
294 projects.
295 (o) If adherence to standards or policies adopted by or
296 established pursuant to this section causes conflict with
297 federal regulations or requirements imposed on an entity within
298 the enterprise and results in adverse action against an entity
299 or federal funding, work with the entity to provide alternative
300 standards, policies, or requirements that do not conflict with
301 the federal regulation or requirement. The department, acting
302 through the Florida Digital Service, shall annually by January
303 15 report such alternative standards to the Executive Office of
304 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
305 the House of Representatives.
306 (p)1. Establish an information technology policy for all
307 information technology-related state contracts, including state
308 term contracts for information technology commodities,
309 consultant services, and staff augmentation services. The
310 information technology policy must include:
311 a. Identification of the information technology product and
312 service categories to be included in state term contracts.
313 b. Requirements to be included in solicitations for state
314 term contracts.
315 c. Evaluation criteria for the award of information
316 technology-related state term contracts.
317 d. The term of each information technology-related state
318 term contract.
319 e. The maximum number of vendors authorized on each state
320 term contract.
321 f. At a minimum, a requirement that any contract for
322 information technology commodities or services meet the National
323 Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework.
324 g. For an information technology project wherein project
325 oversight is required pursuant to paragraph (d) or paragraph
326 (m), a requirement that independent verification and validation
327 be employed throughout the project life cycle with the primary
328 objective of independent verification and validation being to
329 provide an objective assessment of products and processes
330 throughout the project life cycle. An entity providing
331 independent verification and validation may not have technical,
332 managerial, or financial interest in the project and may not
333 have responsibility for, or participate in, any other aspect of
334 the project.
335 2. Evaluate vendor responses for information technology
336 related state term contract solicitations and invitations to
337 negotiate.
338 3. Answer vendor questions on information technology
339 related state term contract solicitations.
340 4. Ensure that the information technology policy
341 established pursuant to subparagraph 1. is included in all
342 solicitations and contracts that are administratively executed
343 by the department.
344 (q) Recommend potential methods for standardizing data
345 across state agencies which will promote interoperability and
346 reduce the collection of duplicative data.
347 (r) Recommend open data technical standards and
348 terminologies for use by the enterprise.
349 (s) Ensure that enterprise information technology solutions
350 are capable of utilizing an electronic credential and comply
351 with the enterprise architecture standards.
352 (t) Establish an operations committee that shall meet as
353 necessary for the purpose of developing collaborative efforts
354 between agencies and other governmental entities relating to
355 cybersecurity issues, including the coordination of preparedness
356 and response efforts relating to cybersecurity incidents and
357 issues relating to the interoperability of agency projects. The
358 Secretary of Management Services shall serve as the executive
359 director of the committee. The committee shall be composed of
360 the following members:
361 1. The state chief information officer, or his or her
362 designee.
363 2. The Attorney General, or his or her designee.
364 3. The Secretary of State, or his or her designee.
365 4. The executive director of the Department of Law
366 Enforcement, or his or her designee.
367 5. The Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee.
368 6. The director of the Division of Emergency Management, or
369 his or her designee.
370 7. The Secretary of Health Care Administration, or his or
371 her designee.
372 8. The Commissioner of Education, or his or her designee.
373 9. The executive director of the Department of Highway
374 Safety and Motor Vehicles, or his or her designee.
375 10. The chair of the Public Service Commission, or his or
376 her designee.
377 11. The director of the Florida State Guard, or his or her
378 designee.
379 12. The Adjutant General of the Florida National Guard, or
380 his or her designee.
381 13. Any other agency head appointed by the Governor.
382 (2)(a) The Governor shall appoint Secretary of Management
383 Services shall designate a state chief information officer,
384 subject to confirmation by the Senate, who shall administer the
385 Florida Digital Service. The state chief information officer,
386 before prior to appointment, must have at least 5 years of
387 experience in the development of information system strategic
388 planning and development or information technology policy, and,
389 preferably, have leadership-level experience in the design,
390 development, and deployment of interoperable software and data
391 solutions.
392 (b) The state chief information officer, in consultation
393 with the Secretary of Management Services, shall designate a
394 state chief data officer. The chief data officer must be a
395 proven and effective administrator who must have significant and
396 substantive experience in data management, data governance,
397 interoperability, and security.
398 (c) The state chief information officer shall designate a
399 state chief technology officer who shall be responsible for:
400 1. Exploring technology solutions to meet the enterprise
401 need;
402 2. The deployments of adopted enterprise solutions;
403 3. Compliance with the cloud-first policy specified in s.
404 282.206;
405 4. Recommending best practices to increase the likelihood
406 of technology project success;
407 5. Developing strategic partnerships with the private
408 sector; and
409 6. Directly supporting enterprise cybersecurity and data
410 interoperability initiatives.
411
412 The state chief technology officer may acquire cloud migration
413 as a service to comply with this section as it pertains to the
414 implementation across the enterprise of the cloud-first policy.
415 (3) The department, acting through the Florida Digital
416 Service and from funds appropriated to the Florida Digital
417 Service, shall:
418 (a) Create, not later than December 1, 2022, and maintain a
419 comprehensive indexed data catalog in collaboration with the
420 enterprise that lists the data elements housed within the
421 enterprise and the legacy system or application in which these
422 data elements are located. The data catalog must, at a minimum,
423 specifically identify all data that is restricted from public
424 disclosure based on federal or state laws and regulations and
425 require that all such information be protected in accordance
426 with s. 282.318.
427 (b) Develop and publish, not later than December 1, 2022,
428 in collaboration with the enterprise, a data dictionary for each
429 agency that reflects the nomenclature in the comprehensive
430 indexed data catalog.
431 (c) Adopt, by rule, standards that support the creation and
432 deployment of an application programming interface to facilitate
433 integration throughout the enterprise.
434 (d) Adopt, by rule, standards necessary to facilitate a
435 secure ecosystem of data interoperability that is compliant with
436 the enterprise architecture.
437 (e) Adopt, by rule, standards that facilitate the
438 deployment of applications or solutions to the existing
439 enterprise system in a controlled and phased approach.
440 (f) After submission of documented use cases developed in
441 conjunction with the affected agencies, assist the affected
442 agencies with the deployment, contingent upon a specific
443 appropriation therefor, of new interoperable applications and
444 solutions:
445 1. For the Department of Health, the Agency for Health Care
446 Administration, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the
447 Department of Education, the Department of Elderly Affairs, and
448 the Department of Children and Families.
449 2. To support military members, veterans, and their
450 families.
451 (4) For information technology projects that have a total
452 project costs cost of $10 million or more:
453 (a) State agencies must provide the Florida Digital Service
454 with written notice of any planned procurement of an information
455 technology project.
456 (b) The Florida Digital Service must participate in the
457 development of specifications and recommend modifications to any
458 planned procurement of an information technology project by
459 state agencies so that the procurement complies with the
460 enterprise architecture.
461 (c) The Florida Digital Service must participate in post
462 award contract monitoring.
463 (5) The department, acting through the Florida Digital
464 Service, may not retrieve or disclose any data without a shared
465 data agreement in place between the department and the
466 enterprise entity that has primary custodial responsibility of,
467 or data-sharing responsibility for, that data.
468 (6) The department, acting through the Florida Digital
469 Service, shall adopt rules to administer this section.
470 Section 5. Section 282.201, Florida Statutes, is amended to
471 read:
472 282.201 State data center.—The state data center is
473 established within the department and shall be overseen by and
474 accountable to the department in consultation with the state
475 chief information officer, the state chief data officer, the
476 state chief information security officer, and the state chief
477 technology officer. Any procurement or purchase of enterprise
478 architecture which is comparable to a project that would be
479 subject to requirements under s. 282.0051(4) if the total
480 project cost was $10 million or more and which may be consumed
481 by an enterprise must be provided to the department and the
482 Florida Digital Service for review before publication. The
483 provision of data center services must comply with applicable
484 state and federal laws, regulations, and policies, including all
485 applicable security, privacy, and auditing requirements. The
486 Florida Digital Service department shall appoint a director of
487 the state data center who has experience in leading data center
488 facilities and has expertise in cloud-computing management.
489 (1) STATE DATA CENTER DUTIES.—The state data center shall:
490 (a) Offer, develop, and support the services and
491 applications defined in service-level agreements executed with
492 its customer entities.
493 (b) Maintain performance of the state data center by
494 ensuring proper data backup; data backup recovery; disaster
495 recovery; and appropriate security, power, cooling, fire
496 suppression, and capacity.
497 (c) Develop and implement business continuity and disaster
498 recovery plans, and annually conduct a live exercise of each
499 plan.
500 (d) Enter into a service-level agreement with each customer
501 entity to provide the required type and level of service or
502 services. If a customer entity fails to execute an agreement
503 within 60 days after commencement of a service, the state data
504 center may cease service. A service-level agreement may not have
505 a term exceeding 3 years and at a minimum must:
506 1. Identify the parties and their roles, duties, and
507 responsibilities under the agreement.
508 2. State the duration of the contract term and specify the
509 conditions for renewal.
510 3. Identify the scope of work.
511 4. Identify the products or services to be delivered with
512 sufficient specificity to permit an external financial or
513 performance audit.
514 5. Establish the services to be provided, the business
515 standards that must be met for each service, the cost of each
516 service by agency application, and the metrics and processes by
517 which the business standards for each service are to be
518 objectively measured and reported.
519 6. Provide a timely billing methodology to recover the
520 costs of services provided to the customer entity pursuant to s.
521 215.422.
522 7. Provide a procedure for modifying the service-level
523 agreement based on changes in the type, level, and cost of a
524 service.
525 8. Include a right-to-audit clause to ensure that the
526 parties to the agreement have access to records for audit
527 purposes during the term of the service-level agreement.
528 9. Provide that a service-level agreement may be terminated
529 by either party for cause only after giving the other party and
530 the department notice in writing of the cause for termination
531 and an opportunity for the other party to resolve the identified
532 cause within a reasonable period.
533 10. Provide for mediation of disputes by the Division of
534 Administrative Hearings pursuant to s. 120.573.
535 (e) For purposes of chapter 273, be the custodian of
536 resources and equipment located in and operated, supported, and
537 managed by the state data center.
538 (f) Assume administrative access rights to resources and
539 equipment, including servers, network components, and other
540 devices, consolidated into the state data center.
541 1. Upon consolidation, a state agency shall relinquish
542 administrative rights to consolidated resources and equipment.
543 State agencies required to comply with federal and state
544 criminal justice information security rules and policies shall
545 retain administrative access rights sufficient to comply with
546 the management control provisions of those rules and policies;
547 however, the state data center shall have the appropriate type
548 or level of rights to allow the center to comply with its duties
549 pursuant to this section. The Department of Law Enforcement
550 shall serve as the arbiter of disputes pertaining to the
551 appropriate type and level of administrative access rights
552 pertaining to the provision of management control in accordance
553 with the federal criminal justice information guidelines.
554 2. The state data center shall provide customer entities
555 with access to applications, servers, network components, and
556 other devices necessary for entities to perform business
557 activities and functions, and as defined and documented in a
558 service-level agreement.
559 (g) In its procurement process, show preference for cloud
560 computing solutions that minimize or do not require the
561 purchasing, financing, or leasing of state data center
562 infrastructure, and that meet the needs of customer agencies,
563 that reduce costs, and that meet or exceed the applicable state
564 and federal laws, regulations, and standards for cybersecurity.
565 (h) Assist customer entities in transitioning from state
566 data center services to the Northwest Regional Data Center or
567 other third-party cloud-computing services procured by a
568 customer entity or by the Northwest Regional Data Center on
569 behalf of a customer entity.
570 (2) USE OF THE STATE DATA CENTER.—The following are exempt
571 from the use of the state data center: the Department of Law
572 Enforcement, the Department of the Lottery’s Gaming System,
573 Systems Design and Development in the Office of Policy and
574 Budget, the regional traffic management centers as described in
575 s. 335.14(2) and the Office of Toll Operations of the Department
576 of Transportation, the State Board of Administration, state
577 attorneys, public defenders, criminal conflict and civil
578 regional counsel, capital collateral regional counsel, and the
579 Florida Housing Finance Corporation.
580 (3) AGENCY LIMITATIONS.—Unless exempt from the use of the
581 state data center pursuant to this section or authorized by the
582 Legislature, a state agency may not:
583 (a) Create a new agency computing facility or data center,
584 or expand the capability to support additional computer
585 equipment in an existing agency computing facility or data
586 center; or
587 (b) Terminate services with the state data center without
588 giving written notice of intent to terminate services 180 days
589 before such termination.
590 (4) DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.—The department shall
591 provide operational management and oversight of the state data
592 center, which includes:
593 (a) Implementing industry standards and best practices for
594 the state data center’s facilities, operations, maintenance,
595 planning, and management processes.
596 (b) Developing and implementing cost-recovery mechanisms
597 that recover the full direct and indirect cost of services
598 through charges to applicable customer entities. Such cost
599 recovery mechanisms must comply with applicable state and
600 federal regulations concerning distribution and use of funds and
601 must ensure that, for any fiscal year, no service or customer
602 entity subsidizes another service or customer entity. The
603 department may recommend other payment mechanisms to the
604 Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the Senate,
605 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such mechanisms
606 may be implemented only if specifically authorized by the
607 Legislature.
608 (c) Developing and implementing appropriate operating
609 guidelines and procedures necessary for the state data center to
610 perform its duties pursuant to subsection (1). The guidelines
611 and procedures must comply with applicable state and federal
612 laws, regulations, and policies and conform to generally
613 accepted governmental accounting and auditing standards. The
614 guidelines and procedures must include, but need not be limited
615 to:
616 1. Implementing a consolidated administrative support
617 structure responsible for providing financial management,
618 procurement, transactions involving real or personal property,
619 human resources, and operational support.
620 2. Implementing an annual reconciliation process to ensure
621 that each customer entity is paying for the full direct and
622 indirect cost of each service as determined by the customer
623 entity’s use of each service.
624 3. Providing rebates that may be credited against future
625 billings to customer entities when revenues exceed costs.
626 4. Requiring customer entities to validate that sufficient
627 funds exist before implementation of a customer entity’s request
628 for a change in the type or level of service provided, if such
629 change results in a net increase to the customer entity’s cost
630 for that fiscal year.
631 5. By November 15 of each year, providing to the Office of
632 Policy and Budget in the Executive Office of the Governor and to
633 the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees the
634 projected costs of providing data center services for the
635 following fiscal year.
636 6. Providing a plan for consideration by the Legislative
637 Budget Commission if the cost of a service is increased for a
638 reason other than a customer entity’s request made pursuant to
639 subparagraph 4. Such a plan is required only if the service cost
640 increase results in a net increase to a customer entity for that
641 fiscal year.
642 7. Standardizing and consolidating procurement and
643 contracting practices.
644 (d) In collaboration with the Department of Law Enforcement
645 and the Florida Digital Service, developing and implementing a
646 process for detecting, reporting, and responding to
647 cybersecurity incidents, breaches, and threats.
648 (e) Adopting rules relating to the operation of the state
649 data center, including, but not limited to, budgeting and
650 accounting procedures, cost-recovery methodologies, and
651 operating procedures.
652 (5) NORTHWEST REGIONAL DATA CENTER CONTRACT.—In order for
653 the department to carry out its duties and responsibilities
654 relating to the state data center, the state chief information
655 officer shall assume responsibility for the contract entered
656 into by the secretary of the department shall contract by July
657 1, 2022, with the Northwest Regional Data Center pursuant to s.
658 287.057(11). The contract shall provide that the Northwest
659 Regional Data Center will manage the operations of the state
660 data center and provide data center services to state agencies.
661 Notwithstanding the terms of the contract, the Northwest
662 Regional Data Center must provide the Florida Digital Service
663 with access to information regarding the operations of the state
664 data center.
665 (a) The department shall provide contract oversight,
666 including, but not limited to, reviewing invoices provided by
667 the Northwest Regional Data Center for services provided to
668 state agency customers.
669 (b) The department shall approve or request updates to
670 invoices within 10 business days after receipt. If the
671 department does not respond to the Northwest Regional Data
672 Center, the invoice will be approved by default. The Northwest
673 Regional Data Center must submit approved invoices directly to
674 state agency customers.
675 (6) FLORIDA DIGITAL SERVICE ACCESS.—The state data center,
676 and any successor entity assuming the responsibilities of the
677 state data center, including, but not limited to, the Northwest
678 Regional Data Center, shall provide the Florida Digital Service
679 with full access to any infrastructure, system, application, or
680 other means that hosts, supports, or manages data in the custody
681 of an enterprise. For any such infrastructure, system,
682 application, or other means, the state data center or a
683 successor entity shall fully integrate with the Cybersecurity
684 Operations Center.
685 (7) STATE DATA CENTER REPORT.—Subject to s. 119.0725, the
686 state data center and any successor entity must submit to the
687 department and the Florida Digital Service a quarterly report
688 that provides, relating to infrastructure servicing enterprise
689 customers and data, the number of:
690 (a) Technology assets which are within 1 year of end of
691 life as defined by the manufacturer.
692 (b) Technology assets which are beyond end of life as
693 defined by the manufacturer.
694 (c) Technology assets which are within 2 years of being
695 unsupported by the manufacturer.
696 (d) Technology assets which are currently unsupported by
697 the manufacturer.
698 (e) Workloads which are hosted by a commercial cloud
699 service provider as defined in the National Institute of
700 Standards and Technology publication 500-292.
701 (f) Workloads which are not hosted by a commercial entity
702 which is a cloud service provider as defined in the National
703 Institute of Standards and Technology publication 500-292.
704 (g) Service level disruptions and average duration of
705 disruption.
706 Section 6. Present subsection (10) of section 282.318,
707 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (11), a new
708 subsection (10) is added to that section, and subsections (3)
709 and (4) of that section are amended, to read:
710 282.318 Cybersecurity.—
711 (3) The department, acting through the Florida Digital
712 Service, is the lead entity responsible for establishing
713 standards and processes for assessing state agency cybersecurity
714 risks and determining appropriate security measures. Such
715 standards and processes must be consistent with generally
716 accepted technology best practices, including the National
717 Institute for Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework,
718 for cybersecurity. The department, acting through the Florida
719 Digital Service, shall adopt rules that mitigate risks;
720 safeguard state agency digital assets, data, information, and
721 information technology resources to ensure availability,
722 confidentiality, and integrity; and support a security
723 governance framework. The department, acting through the Florida
724 Digital Service, shall also:
725 (a) Designate an employee of the Florida Digital Service as
726 the state chief information security officer. The state chief
727 information security officer must have experience and expertise
728 in security and risk management for communications and
729 information technology resources. The state chief information
730 security officer is responsible for the development, operation,
731 and oversight of cybersecurity for state technology systems. The
732 state chief information security officer shall be notified of
733 all confirmed or suspected incidents or threats of state agency
734 information technology resources and must report such incidents
735 or threats to the state chief information officer and the
736 Governor.
737 (b) Develop, and annually update by February 1, a statewide
738 cybersecurity strategic plan that includes security goals and
739 objectives for cybersecurity, including the identification and
740 mitigation of risk, proactive protections against threats,
741 tactical risk detection, threat reporting, and response and
742 recovery protocols for a cyber incident.
743 (c) Develop and publish for use by state agencies a
744 cybersecurity governance framework that, at a minimum, includes
745 guidelines and processes for:
746 1. Establishing asset management procedures to ensure that
747 an agency’s information technology resources are identified and
748 managed consistent with their relative importance to the
749 agency’s business objectives.
750 2. Using a standard risk assessment methodology that
751 includes the identification of an agency’s priorities,
752 constraints, risk tolerances, and assumptions necessary to
753 support operational risk decisions.
754 3. Completing comprehensive risk assessments and
755 cybersecurity audits, which may be completed by a private sector
756 vendor, and submitting completed assessments and audits to the
757 department.
758 4. Identifying protection procedures to manage the
759 protection of an agency’s information, data, and information
760 technology resources.
761 5. Establishing procedures for accessing information and
762 data to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability
763 of such information and data.
764 6. Detecting threats through proactive monitoring of
765 events, continuous security monitoring, and defined detection
766 processes.
767 7. Establishing agency cybersecurity incident response
768 teams and describing their responsibilities for responding to
769 cybersecurity incidents, including breaches of personal
770 information containing confidential or exempt data.
771 8. Recovering information and data in response to a
772 cybersecurity incident. The recovery may include recommended
773 improvements to the agency processes, policies, or guidelines.
774 9. Establishing a cybersecurity incident reporting process
775 that includes procedures for notifying the department and the
776 Department of Law Enforcement of cybersecurity incidents.
777 a. The level of severity of the cybersecurity incident is
778 defined by the National Cyber Incident Response Plan of the
779 United States Department of Homeland Security as follows:
780 (I) Level 5 is an emergency-level incident within the
781 specified jurisdiction that poses an imminent threat to the
782 provision of wide-scale critical infrastructure services;
783 national, state, or local government security; or the lives of
784 the country’s, state’s, or local government’s residents.
785 (II) Level 4 is a severe-level incident that is likely to
786 result in a significant impact in the affected jurisdiction to
787 public health or safety; national, state, or local security;
788 economic security; or civil liberties.
789 (III) Level 3 is a high-level incident that is likely to
790 result in a demonstrable impact in the affected jurisdiction to
791 public health or safety; national, state, or local security;
792 economic security; civil liberties; or public confidence.
793 (IV) Level 2 is a medium-level incident that may impact
794 public health or safety; national, state, or local security;
795 economic security; civil liberties; or public confidence.
796 (V) Level 1 is a low-level incident that is unlikely to
797 impact public health or safety; national, state, or local
798 security; economic security; civil liberties; or public
799 confidence.
800 b. The cybersecurity incident reporting process must
801 specify the information that must be reported by a state agency
802 following a cybersecurity incident or ransomware incident,
803 which, at a minimum, must include the following:
804 (I) A summary of the facts surrounding the cybersecurity
805 incident or ransomware incident.
806 (II) The date on which the state agency most recently
807 backed up its data; the physical location of the backup, if the
808 backup was affected; and if the backup was created using cloud
809 computing.
810 (III) The types of data compromised by the cybersecurity
811 incident or ransomware incident.
812 (IV) The estimated fiscal impact of the cybersecurity
813 incident or ransomware incident.
814 (V) In the case of a ransomware incident, the details of
815 the ransom demanded.
816 c.(I) A state agency shall report all ransomware incidents
817 and any cybersecurity incidents incident determined by the state
818 agency to be of severity level 3, 4, or 5 to the Florida Digital
819 Service, the Cybersecurity Operations Center, and the Cybercrime
820 Office of the Department of Law Enforcement as soon as possible
821 but no later than 4 48 hours after discovery of the
822 cybersecurity incident and no later than 2 12 hours after
823 discovery of the ransomware incident. The report must contain
824 the information required in sub-subparagraph b. The Florida
825 Digital Service shall notify the Governor, the President of the
826 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of any
827 incident discovered by a state agency but not timely reported
828 under this sub-sub-subparagraph.
829 (II) The Cybersecurity Operations Center shall notify the
830 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
831 Representatives of any severity level 3, 4, or 5 incident as
832 soon as possible but no later than 12 hours after receiving a
833 state agency’s incident report. The notification must include a
834 high-level description of the incident and the likely effects
835 and must be provided in a secure environment.
836 d. A state agency shall report a cybersecurity incident
837 determined by the state agency to be of severity level 1 or 2 to
838 the Cybersecurity Operations Center and the Cybercrime Office of
839 the Department of Law Enforcement as soon as possible. The
840 report must contain the information required in sub-subparagraph
841 b.
842 e. The Cybersecurity Operations Center shall provide a
843 consolidated incident report by the 15th day after the end of
844 each quarter on a quarterly basis to the President of the
845 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
846 Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council. The report provided to
847 the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council may not contain the
848 name of any agency, network information, or system identifying
849 information but must contain sufficient relevant information to
850 allow the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council to fulfill its
851 responsibilities as required in s. 282.319(9).
852 10. Incorporating information obtained through detection
853 and response activities into the agency’s cybersecurity incident
854 response plans.
855 11. Developing agency strategic and operational
856 cybersecurity plans required pursuant to this section.
857 12. Establishing the managerial, operational, and technical
858 safeguards for protecting state government data and information
859 technology resources that align with the state agency risk
860 management strategy and that protect the confidentiality,
861 integrity, and availability of information and data.
862 13. Establishing procedures for procuring information
863 technology commodities and services that require the commodity
864 or service to meet the National Institute of Standards and
865 Technology Cybersecurity Framework.
866 14. Submitting after-action reports following a
867 cybersecurity incident or ransomware incident. Such guidelines
868 and processes for submitting after-action reports must be
869 developed and published by December 1, 2022.
870 (d) Assist state agencies in complying with this section.
871 (e) In collaboration with the Cybercrime Office of the
872 Department of Law Enforcement, annually provide training for
873 state agency information security managers and computer security
874 incident response team members that contains training on
875 cybersecurity, including cybersecurity threats, trends, and best
876 practices.
877 (f) Annually review the strategic and operational
878 cybersecurity plans of state agencies.
879 (g) Annually provide cybersecurity training to all state
880 agency technology professionals and employees with access to
881 highly sensitive information which develops, assesses, and
882 documents competencies by role and skill level. The
883 cybersecurity training curriculum must include training on the
884 identification of each cybersecurity incident severity level
885 referenced in sub-subparagraph (c)9.a. The training may be
886 provided in collaboration with the Cybercrime Office of the
887 Department of Law Enforcement, a private sector entity, or an
888 institution of the State University System.
889 (h) Operate and maintain a Cybersecurity Operations Center
890 led by the state chief information security officer, which must
891 be primarily virtual and staffed with tactical detection and
892 incident response personnel. The Cybersecurity Operations Center
893 shall serve as a clearinghouse for threat information and
894 coordinate with the Department of Law Enforcement to support
895 state agencies and their response to any confirmed or suspected
896 cybersecurity incident.
897 (i) Lead an Emergency Support Function, ESF CYBER and
898 digital, under the state comprehensive emergency management plan
899 as described in s. 252.35.
900 (j) Provide cybersecurity briefings to the members of any
901 legislative committee or subcommittee responsible for policy
902 matters relating to cybersecurity.
903 (k) Have the authority to respond to any state agency
904 cybersecurity incident.
905 (4) Each state agency head shall, at a minimum:
906 (a) Designate a chief information security officer to
907 integrate the agency’s technical and operational cybersecurity
908 efforts with the Cybersecurity Operations Center. This
909 designation must be provided annually in writing to the Florida
910 Digital Service by January 1. An agency’s chief information
911 security officer shall report to the agency’s chief information
912 officer. An agency may request the department to procure a chief
913 information security officer as a service to fulfill the
914 agency’s duties under this paragraph.
915 (b)(a) Designate an information security manager to ensure
916 compliance with cybersecurity governance, manage risk, and
917 ensure compliance with the state’s incident response plan
918 administer the cybersecurity program of the state agency. This
919 designation must be provided annually in writing to the
920 department by January 15 1. A state agency’s information
921 security manager, for purposes of these information security
922 duties, shall report directly to the agency head.
923 (c)(b) In consultation with the department, through the
924 Florida Digital Service, and the Cybercrime Office of the
925 Department of Law Enforcement, and incorporating the resources
926 of the Florida State Guard as appropriate, establish an agency
927 cybersecurity response team to respond to a cybersecurity
928 incident. The agency cybersecurity response team shall convene
929 upon notification of a cybersecurity incident and must
930 immediately report all confirmed or suspected incidents to the
931 state chief information security officer, or his or her
932 designee, and comply with all applicable guidelines and
933 processes established pursuant to paragraph (3)(c).
934 (d)(c) Submit to the department annually by July 31, the
935 state agency’s strategic and operational cybersecurity plans
936 developed pursuant to rules and guidelines established by the
937 department, through the Florida Digital Service.
938 1. The state agency strategic cybersecurity plan must cover
939 a 3-year period and, at a minimum, define security goals,
940 intermediate objectives, and projected agency costs for the
941 strategic issues of agency information security policy, risk
942 management, security training, security incident response, and
943 disaster recovery. The plan must be based on the statewide
944 cybersecurity strategic plan created by the department and
945 include performance metrics that can be objectively measured to
946 reflect the status of the state agency’s progress in meeting
947 security goals and objectives identified in the agency’s
948 strategic information security plan.
949 2. The state agency operational cybersecurity plan must
950 include a progress report that objectively measures progress
951 made towards the prior operational cybersecurity plan and a
952 project plan that includes activities, timelines, and
953 deliverables for security objectives that the state agency will
954 implement during the current fiscal year.
955 (e)(d) Conduct, and update annually by April 30 every 3
956 years, a comprehensive risk assessment, which may be facilitated
957 by the department or completed by a private sector vendor, to
958 determine the security threats to the data, information, and
959 information technology resources, including mobile devices and
960 print environments, of the agency. The risk assessment must
961 comply with the risk assessment criteria, methodology, and scope
962 developed by the state chief information security officer. The
963 risk assessment findings must be signed by the agency head or
964 the agency head’s designee and the Florida Digital Service. The
965 risk assessment methodology developed by the department and is
966 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), except that such
967 information shall be available to the Auditor General, the
968 Florida Digital Service within the department, the Cybercrime
969 Office of the Department of Law Enforcement, and, for state
970 agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor, the Chief
971 Inspector General. If a private sector vendor is used to
972 complete a comprehensive risk assessment, it must attest to the
973 validity of the risk assessment findings.
974 (f)(e) Develop, and periodically update, written internal
975 policies and procedures, which include procedures for reporting
976 cybersecurity incidents and breaches to the Cybercrime Office of
977 the Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Digital
978 Service within the department. Such policies and procedures must
979 be consistent with the rules, guidelines, and processes
980 established by the department to ensure the security of the
981 data, information, and information technology resources of the
982 agency. The internal policies and procedures that, if disclosed,
983 could facilitate the unauthorized modification, disclosure, or
984 destruction of data or information technology resources are
985 confidential information and exempt from s. 119.07(1), except
986 that such information shall be available to the Auditor General,
987 the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement, the
988 Florida Digital Service within the department, and, for state
989 agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor, the Chief
990 Inspector General.
991 (g)(f) Implement managerial, operational, and technical
992 safeguards and risk assessment remediation plans recommended by
993 the department to address identified risks to the data,
994 information, and information technology resources of the agency.
995 The department, through the Florida Digital Service, shall track
996 implementation by state agencies upon development of such
997 remediation plans in coordination with agency inspectors
998 general.
999 (h)(g) Ensure that periodic internal audits and evaluations
1000 of the agency’s cybersecurity program for the data, information,
1001 and information technology resources of the agency are
1002 conducted. The results of such audits and evaluations are
1003 confidential information and exempt from s. 119.07(1), except
1004 that such information shall be available to the Auditor General,
1005 the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement, the
1006 Florida Digital Service within the department, and, for agencies
1007 under the jurisdiction of the Governor, the Chief Inspector
1008 General.
1009 (i)(h) Ensure that the cybersecurity requirements in the
1010 written specifications for the solicitation, contracts, and
1011 service-level agreement of information technology and
1012 information technology resources and services meet or exceed the
1013 applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and standards
1014 for cybersecurity, including the National Institute of Standards
1015 and Technology Cybersecurity Framework. Service-level agreements
1016 must identify service provider and state agency responsibilities
1017 for privacy and security, protection of government data,
1018 personnel background screening, and security deliverables with
1019 associated frequencies.
1020 (j)(i) Provide cybersecurity awareness training to all
1021 state agency employees within 30 days after commencing
1022 employment, and annually thereafter, concerning cybersecurity
1023 risks and the responsibility of employees to comply with
1024 policies, standards, guidelines, and operating procedures
1025 adopted by the state agency to reduce those risks. The training
1026 may be provided in collaboration with the Cybercrime Office of
1027 the Department of Law Enforcement, a private sector entity, or
1028 an institution of the State University System.
1029 (k)(j) Develop a process for detecting, reporting, and
1030 responding to threats, breaches, or cybersecurity incidents
1031 which is consistent with the security rules, guidelines, and
1032 processes established by the department through the Florida
1033 Digital Service.
1034 1. All cybersecurity incidents and ransomware incidents
1035 must be reported by state agencies. Such reports must comply
1036 with the notification procedures and reporting timeframes
1037 established pursuant to paragraph (3)(c).
1038 2. For cybersecurity breaches, state agencies shall provide
1039 notice in accordance with s. 501.171.
1040 (l)(k) Submit to the Florida Digital Service, within 1 week
1041 after the remediation of a cybersecurity incident or ransomware
1042 incident, an after-action report that summarizes the incident,
1043 the incident’s resolution, and any insights gained as a result
1044 of the incident.
1045 (10) Any legislative committee or subcommittee responsible
1046 for policy matters relating to cybersecurity may hold meetings
1047 closed by the respective legislative body under the rules of
1048 such legislative body at which such committee or subcommittee is
1049 briefed on records made confidential and exempt under
1050 subsections (5) and (6). The committee or subcommittee must
1051 maintain the confidential and exempt status of such records.
1052 Section 7. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (5) of
1053 section 282.3185, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1054 282.3185 Local government cybersecurity.—
1055 (5) INCIDENT NOTIFICATION.—
1056 (b)1. A local government shall report all ransomware
1057 incidents and any cybersecurity incidents incident determined by
1058 the local government to be of severity level 3, 4, or 5 as
1059 provided in s. 282.318(3)(c) to the Florida Digital Service, the
1060 Cybersecurity Operations Center, the Cybercrime Office of the
1061 Department of Law Enforcement, and the sheriff who has
1062 jurisdiction over the local government as soon as possible but
1063 no later than 4 48 hours after discovery of the cybersecurity
1064 incident and no later than 2 12 hours after discovery of the
1065 ransomware incident. The report must contain the information
1066 required in paragraph (a). The Florida Digital Service shall
1067 notify the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
1068 Speaker of the House of Representatives of any incident
1069 discovered by a local government but not timely reported under
1070 this subparagraph.
1071 2. The Cybersecurity Operations Center shall notify the
1072 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
1073 Representatives of any severity level 3, 4, or 5 incident as
1074 soon as possible but no later than 12 hours after receiving a
1075 local government’s incident report. The notification must
1076 include a high-level description of the incident and the likely
1077 effects and must be provided in a secure environment.
1078 (c) A local government may report a cybersecurity incident
1079 determined by the local government to be of severity level 1 or
1080 2 as provided in s. 282.318(3)(c) to the Cybersecurity
1081 Operations Center, the Cybercrime Office of the Department of
1082 Law Enforcement, and the sheriff who has jurisdiction over the
1083 local government. The report shall contain the information
1084 required in paragraph (a).
1085 Section 8. Paragraph (j) of subsection (4) of section
1086 282.319, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1087 282.319 Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council.—
1088 (4) The council shall be comprised of the following
1089 members:
1090 (j) Three representatives from critical infrastructure
1091 sectors, one of whom must be from a water treatment facility,
1092 appointed by the Governor.
1093 Section 9. Section 768.401, Florida Statutes, is created to
1094 read:
1095 768.401 Limitation on liability for cybersecurity
1096 incidents.—
1097 (1) A county or municipality that substantially complies
1098 with s. 282.3185 is not liable in connection with a
1099 cybersecurity incident.
1100 (2) A sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, trust,
1101 estate, cooperative, association, or other commercial entity
1102 that acquires, maintains, stores, or uses personal information
1103 is not liable in connection with a cybersecurity incident if the
1104 entity substantially complies with s. 501.171, if applicable,
1105 and has:
1106 (a) Adopted a cybersecurity program that substantially
1107 aligns with the current version of any of the following
1108 standards:
1109 1. The National Institute of Standards and Technology
1110 (NIST) Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure
1111 Cybersecurity.
1112 2. NIST special publication 800-171.
1113 3. NIST special publications 800-53 and 800-53A.
1114 4. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
1115 security assessment framework.
1116 5. CIS Critical Security Controls.
1117 6. The International Organization for
1118 Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission 27000
1119 series family of standards; or
1120 (b) If regulated by the state or Federal Government, or
1121 both, or if otherwise subject to the requirements of any of the
1122 following laws and regulations, substantially complied its
1123 cybersecurity program to the current version of the following,
1124 as applicable:
1125 1. The security requirements of the Health Insurance
1126 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 45 C.F.R. part 164
1127 subpart C.
1128 2. Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, Pub. L.
1129 No. 106-102, as amended.
1130 3. The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of
1131 2014, Pub. L. No. 113-283.
1132 4. The Health Information Technology for Economic and
1133 Clinical Health Act, 45 C.F.R. part 162.
1134 (3) The scale and scope of compliance with a standard, law,
1135 or regulation under paragraph (2)(a) or paragraph (2)(b) by a
1136 covered entity, as applicable, is appropriate if it is based on
1137 all of the following factors:
1138 (a) The size and complexity of the covered entity;
1139 (b) The nature and scope of the activities of the covered
1140 entity; and
1141 (c) The sensitivity of the information to be protected.
1142 (4) Any commercial entity covered by subsection (2) that
1143 substantially complies with a combination of industry-recognized
1144 cybersecurity frameworks or standards, including the payment
1145 card industry data security standard, to gain the presumption
1146 against liability pursuant to subsection (2) must, upon the
1147 revision of two or more of the frameworks or standards with
1148 which the entity complies, adopt the revised frameworks or
1149 standards within 1 year after the latest publication date stated
1150 in the revisions.
1151 (5) This section does not establish a private cause of
1152 action. Failure of a county, municipality, or commercial entity
1153 to substantially implement a cybersecurity program that is in
1154 compliance with this section is not evidence of negligence and
1155 does not constitute negligence per se.
1156 (6) In an action in connection with a cybersecurity
1157 incident, if the defendant is an entity covered by subsection
1158 (1) or subsection (2), the defendant has the burden of proof to
1159 establish substantial compliance.
1160 Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
