BOARD/COMMISSION:  Minnesota Cybersecurity Task Force 2022

Membership requirements are based on and conform to Public Law 117-58. In summary:

• The Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), or equivalent official of the eligible entity;
• If the eligible entity is a state (including territories), then representatives from counties, cities, and towns within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity;
• Institutions of public education and health within the jurisdiction of the eligible entity; and
• As appropriate, representatives of rural, suburban, and high-population jurisdictions.
• At least one half of the representatives of the Cybersecurity Planning Committee must have professional experience relating to cybersecurity or information technology

The task force will additionally invite close participation in its decisions from members of the legislature. Four ex officio participants are invited for formal designation by the leaders in the Minnesota Senate and Minnesota House of Representatives.

The Task Force on Cybersecurity is formed to provide an all-of-state approach to addressing critical cybersecurity needs for the State of Minnesota including governmental units at all levels, including Minnesota’s Tribal Nations. An initial focus of the task force will be on Minnesota’s implementation of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. The task force will determine successive activities.