Bill Text: NY A03451 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires a comprehensive review of all cyber security services to be performed every five years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-17 - print number 3451a [A03451 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03451-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3451--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to  the  Committee
          on  Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law, in relation to a cyber security
          report
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  719.  Quinquennial  cyber security report.  1. The commissioner, in
     4  consultation with the superintendent of  the  state  police,  the  chief
     5  information  officer, and the president of the center for internet secu-
     6  rity, shall prepare a report, to  be  delivered  to  the  governor,  the
     7  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the speaker of the assembly, the
     8  chair of the senate standing committee on  veterans,  homeland  security
     9  and  military  affairs, and the chair of the assembly standing committee
    10  on governmental operations, on or before the first day of September, two
    11  thousand eighteen, and then every five years thereafter, which  provides
    12  a  comprehensive review of all cyber security services performed by, and
    13  on behalf of, the state of New York.
    14    2. The report required pursuant to subdivision one  of  this  section,
    15  shall  include  a  detailed  assessment of each and every cyber security
    16  need of the state of New York, including but not limited to,  its  state
    17  agencies  and  its public authorities, and for each and every such cyber
    18  security  need  so  identified,  shall  further   include   a   detailed
    19  description of:
    20    (a) the type of cyber security service used to address such need;
    21    (b)  the  scope  of the need so addressed, as well as the scope of the
    22  service used to address such need;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (c) the cost of the service used to address such need;
     2    (d)  the  effectiveness  of the cyber security service used to address
     3  such need;
     4    (e) the entity providing such cyber security service used  to  address
     5  such need;
     6    (f)  the  government, industry and/or academically accepted best cyber
     7  security practice for addressing such need;
     8    (g) how other states, and the federal government have  addressed  such
     9  need; and
    10    (h) how private sector entities addressed such need.
    11    3. During the preparation of the report required by subdivision one of
    12  this  section,  and  after  its  delivery  to  the persons identified to
    13  receive such report, the commissioner, the superintendent of  the  state
    14  police,  the  chief information officer, and the president of the center
    15  for internet security, as well as  the  divisions,  offices  and  corpo-
    16  rations under their direction, shall provide to such persons entitled to
    17  receive such report, any and all additional information such persons may
    18  request, with respect to any cyber security issue concerning:
    19    (a)  the  state of New York, including but not limited to, any agency,
    20  board, bureau, commission, department, division, institution, office, or
    21  public authority of the state;
    22    (b) any local government entity, including but  not  limited  to,  any
    23  county,  town, city, village, school district, special district, and any
    24  agency, board, bureau, commission,  department,  division,  institution,
    25  office, or public authority of such local government entity;
    26    (c)  any regulated entity of the state of New York or local government
    27  entity;
    28    (d) any not-for-profit corporation in the state of New York;
    29    (e) any private sector business in the state of  New  York,  including
    30  but  not  limited  to, a sole proprietor, partnership, limited liability
    31  company or business corporation; and/or
    32    (f) any citizen of the state of New York.
    33    4. Where compliance with this section shall require the disclosure  of
    34  confidential  information,  or  the  disclosure of sensitive information
    35  which in the judgment of the commissioner  would  jeopardize  the  cyber
    36  security of the state:
    37    (a)  such  confidential  or sensitive information shall be provided to
    38  the persons entitled to receive the report as  provided  by  subdivision
    39  one of this section, as follows:
    40    (i)  In  the  case  of  the report required by subdivision one of this
    41  section, in the form of a supplemental appendix to the report; and
    42    (ii) In the case of a response to a request for  information  made  in
    43  accordance with subdivision three of this section, in a secure manner as
    44  determined by the commissioner;
    45    (b)  neither  a supplemental appendix to the report, nor any confiden-
    46  tial or sensitive information provided in  accordance  with  subdivision
    47  three  of  this  section,  shall  be posted on the division's website as
    48  required by subdivision five of this section;
    49    (c) neither a supplemental appendix to the report, nor  any  confiden-
    50  tial  or  sensitive  information provided in accordance with subdivision
    51  three of this section, shall be subject to the provisions of the freedom
    52  of information law pursuant to article six of the public  officers  law;
    53  and
    54    (d) the persons entitled to receive the report as provided by subdivi-
    55  sion  one of this section, may disclose the supplemental appendix to the
    56  report, and  any  confidential  or  sensitive  information  provided  in
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     1  accordance with subdivision three of this section, to their professional
     2  staff,  but  shall  not otherwise publicly disclose such confidential or
     3  secure information.
     4    5. Except with respect to any confidential or sensitive information as
     5  described in subdivision four of this section, the division shall post a
     6  copy  of  the report prepared in accordance with subdivision one of this
     7  section, on its website, not more than fifteen days after such report is
     8  delivered to the persons entitled to receive such report.  The  division
     9  may  further  post any and all further information it may deem appropri-
    10  ate, on its website, regarding cyber security,  and  the  protection  of
    11  public and private computer systems, networks, hardware and software.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.