Cybersecurity experts doled out new advice to Mississippi lawmakers Tuesday as the state works to minimize cyber incidents, with mandatory cyber incident reporting among the recommendations.
Advice to the committee included mandating cybersecurity incident reporting, providing shared cybersecurity services and solutions, giving safe harbor to those reporting incidents, and helping jurisdictions respond to incidents.
CISA provides no-cost cybersecurity services, he said, including external vulnerability scanning, on-site assessments, incident-response simulations, tabletop exercises and technical guidance.
Various related topics arose, including building the state security operations center, what whole-of-state cybersecurity might look like and AI's impact on data and security.
He discussed with legislators how Mississippi has been approaching cybersecurity, how the statewide security operations center might work and local procurement processes.