On June 21, 2022, President Biden signed into law, the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021 (S. 2520) (the “Cybersecurity Act”) and the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act (S. 1097) (the “Cyber Workforce Program Act”), two bipartisan bills aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity postures of the federal, state and local governments.
The Cybersecurity Act amends certain provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. In particular, the Cybersecurity Act provides for better collaboration on cybersecurity matters between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) and state, local, tribal and territorial governments, as well as corporations, associations and the general public. The Cybersecurity Act also expands DHS’ responsibilities, including imposing a number of obligations upon the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (“NCCIC”). For example, under the Cybersecurity Act, the NCCIC, in coordination with federal and non-federal entities shall (1) conduct exercises with state, local, tribal and territorial governments; (2) provide operational and technical training to state, local, tribal and territorial governments; (3) share in real time certain information (e.g., cyber threat indicators, defensive measures and information about incidents) with state, local, tribal and territorial governments; and (4) provide notifications containing specific incident and malware information to state, local, tribal and territorial...
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