Resource Center For State Cybersecurity

The significant and continued growth of cyber-attacks against the United States makes cybersecurity a critical issue for all governors. To help states address the consequences of the rapidly evolving and expanding technological threats now faced by law enforcement agencies, public works and energy agencies, private financial and communications sectors and the general public, NGA launched a Resource Center for State Cybersecurity to provide Governors with resources, tools and recommendations to help craft and implement effective state cybersecurity policies and practices. To inform the work of the Resource Center, NGA is working with leading experts, practitioners, representatives from key state and federal agencies and representatives from private industry to develop resources and tools and to provide strategic recommendations on state cybersecurity issues.

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At the 2022 NGA Winter Meeting, Governors held a discussion with public and private sector experts on addressing the rapidly evolving and expanding technological threats we now face. Watch the full session below or see a readout of the panel here.

Policy Academies/Workshops

Resource Center
Co-Chairs

Governor Asa Hutchinson
Governor John Bel Edwards

NGA Contact

  • Steven Fugelsang, Program Director
  • Casey Dolen, Senior Policy Analyst

Focus Areas

  • Governance
  • Response Planning
  • Critical Infrastructure
  • Workforce Development & Education
  • State & Local Partnerships

NGA Cybersecurity Library

Energy Cybersecurity Resources For Governors’ Advisors

Energy Cybersecurity Resources For Governors’ Advisors
On the federal level, cybersecurity standards in the United States are governed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards. NERC’s mission is to ...
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Fourth National Summit on State Cybersecurity

Fourth National Summit on State Cybersecurity
In January 2021, the NGA Center for Best Practices hosted the Fourth National Summit on State Cybersecurity, in conjunction with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. The summit was virtual and took ...
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Managing Cyber Threats through Effective Governance: A Call to Action for Governors and State Legislatures

Managing Cyber Threats through Effective Governance: A Call to Action for Governors and State Legislatures
This document is a Call to Action for governors and state legislatures to improve their cybersecurity risk management capabilities by creating or strengthening their cybersecurity governance. (View/Download) Executive Summary Cybersecurity ...
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Cybersecurity Concerns for Health and Public Health Organizations

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(View/Download) Background Public health and healthcare organizations are at the forefront fighting against unprecedented physical dangers from the COVID-19 outbreak. Simultaneously, there are threats propagating in cyberspace, as malicious actors ...
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NGA Selects 7 States to Focus on Advancing Statewide Cybersecurity

NGA Selects 7 States to Focus on Advancing Statewide Cybersecurity
The National Governors Association (NGA) competitively selected seven states — Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee — to participate in a new project focused on implementing best ...
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Coalition Letter Addressing Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure Needs Due To COVID-19

Coalition Letter Addressing Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure Needs Due To COVID-19
April 28, 2020 The Honorable Mitch McConnellMajority LeaderUnited States SenateU.S. Capitol Building, Room S-230Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Chuck SchumerMinority LeaderUnited States SenateU.S. Capitol Building, Room S-224Washington, D.C. 20510 The ...
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COVID-19 and Cybersecurity

COVID-19 and Cybersecurity
State cybersecurity concerns – critical for governors under normal circumstances – have only intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Malicious cyber actors have a history of exploiting the confusion and fear ...
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STRONGER TOGETHER: State and Local Cybersecurity Collaboration

STRONGER TOGETHER: State and Local Cybersecurity Collaboration
(View/Download) Executive Summary With a dramatic uptick in ransomware attacks across the country, governors, state chief information officers (CIOs) and state government executives are designing and implementing programs to strengthen ...
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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Governors recognize that the foundation of today’s economy, national security and the daily operations of government are increasingly dependent upon the security and reliability of communications technology and other digital ...
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Topic Areas

Governance

NGA Resources

External Resources

Response Planning

NGA Resources

External Resources

NASCIO Cyber Disruption Response Planning Guide

Critical Infrastructure

NGA Resources

External Resources

Elections Infrastructure Cybersecurity

NGA Resources

External Resources

Workforce Development & Education

NGA Resources

External Resources

State And Local Partnerships In Cybersecurity

“Cybersecurity is not just an ‘IT problem’ anymore. It is a critical business risk, homeland security and public safety threat, voter confidence issue and economic development opportunity. Cybersecurity requires commitment from state executives and officials to use all levers of state government to move forward.”

Read: STRONGER TOGETHER: State and Local Cybersecurity Collaboration

Additional Resources

Meeting Agendas

2021 – Fourth National Summit On State Cybersecurity

2019 – National Summit on State Cybersecurity – Shreveport-Bossier, LA

2017 – National Summit on State Cybersecurity-Leesburg

2017 – Meet The Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge Regional Summit-San Jose

2016 – Meet The Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge Regional Summit-Boston

Cybercrime

NGA Resources

External Resources

Other Publications

External Resources