California Cyber Security.

Existing law establishes various advisory boards and commissions in state government with specified duties and responsibilities. Existing law establishes in state government the Governor's office of Emergency Services and the Department of Technology. This bill would continue in existence the California Cyber Security Task Force, previously created by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Technology, in the Governor's Office of Emergency Services. This bill would require the office and the department to convene stakeholders to act in an advisory capacity and compile policy recommendations on cyber security for the state. The bill would require the task force to meet quarterly, or more often as necessitated by emergency circumstances. This bill would require the task force to complete and issue a report of policy recommendations to the Governor's office and the Legislature. This bill would create the California Cyber Security Steering Committee in the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, consisting of 13 members comprised of representatives from state government, and appointed representatives with specific expertise or from the technology or cybersecurity industry and the utility or energy industry. This bill would require the steering committee to seek to implement the policy recommendations of the task force based on specified priorities. This bill would require the office and the department to collaborate with the steering committee. This bill would authorize the Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Technology to conduct the strategic direction of risk assessments performed by the Military Department's Computer Network Defense Team. The bill would abolish the California Cyber Security Task Force and the California Cyber Security Steering Committee, and repeal these provisions, on January 1, 2020.