36 Miss. Code. R. 1-1.5 - ITS Security Officer; Role and Responsibilities

ITS has designated a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) that is responsible for developing and maintaining the State of Mississippi Enterprise Security Policy. The ITS CISO and his staff will be responsible for:

A. Developing and maintaining the State of Mississippi Enterprise Security Policy.

B. Researching the IT industry for security related issues and determining how they affect the state IT infrastructure as a whole.

C. Participating in local and national security organizations for the purpose of sharing security information and developing best practice policy and procedure.

D. Working with state agencies on all security related issues.

E. Maintaining a state security listserve for the purpose of distributing security advisories and facilitating security discussion among the agency security contacts.

F. Maintaining a state security website for the purpose of sharing information, accessing contracts and documents, distributing security advisories, incident reporting, and education and awareness opportunities.

G. Working with agencies, technical support staff, and law enforcement where necessary, in the investigation of security incidents, intrusion attempts, and virus attacks. Reporting to agencies on these intrusion attempts and virus attacks.

H. Working with State Auditor's Office on IS audits as necessary.

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36 Miss. Code. R. 1-1.5

Miss. Code Ann. § 25-53-1 to § 25-53-25.