Report Title:

Information Security

Description:

Establishes a governmental information security task force. (HB2836 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2836

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO INFORMATION SECURITY.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. (a) There is established a governmental information security task force placed within the department of accounting and general services for administrative purposes to formulate an information security plan for all departments and agencies of the executive branch. The plan shall:

(1) Be commensurate with the risk and magnitude of the harm resulting from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of either information collected or maintained by or on behalf of each department or information systems used or operated by each department;

(2) Include policies and procedures for all departments that cost-effectively reduce information security risks to acceptable levels; and

(3) Ensure that information security is addressed throughout the life cycle of each department's information system.

(b) The task force shall be comprised of the chief information officers of each executive department.

(c) The department of accounting and general services shall solicit and contract a consultant to gather required information for a needs assessment, and to provide recommendations on a comprehensive plan for information security.

(d) The task force shall complete its work and submit a report, including any necessary proposed legislation, to the legislature detailing the information security plan no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2007 legislative session.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007 to contract the services of a consultant to support the efforts of the governmental information security task force.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of accounting and general services for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.