Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-58

GOV 58

Ransomware Protections

Messrs. Tarr, O'Connor and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following section:-

"Section __. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the secretary of technology services and security shall develop and promulgate new rules requiring all state computer systems and networks, as well as technology infrastructure, to have protections against ransomware.

For the purposes of this section, ransomware is defined as a piece of software or cyber-attack perpetrated as a means of restricting access to computer files and information, until a ransom is paid to release that information."