Two of California’s top technology officials said Tuesday that a new, five-year cybersecurity “road map” will put the state government on track to a more consistent approach to securing its IT assets and critical infrastructure, including aligning cybersecurity more closely with homeland security.
The “Cal-Secure” plan, which Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday, aims to expand and improve security technologies and controls, conduct broader oversight and compliance operations and fill job vacancies across a statewide enterprise with more than 150 agencies and a highly federated IT governance structure. The plan is also an extension of “Vision 2020,” an IT agenda the state implemented in 2017. While the Cal-Secure framework has been in the works for some time, its goals were greatly influenced by the changes to government brought on by the pandemic, state Chief Information Officer Amy Tong said in a phone interview with StateScoop.
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