Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06317 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6317
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2261
 *02261*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist. REP. TONG, 147th Dist. REP. FLOREN, 149th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6317 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2261

*02261*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY 

Introduced by:

REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist.

REP. TONG, 147th Dist.

REP. FLOREN, 149th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE INTERNET SECURITY TRAINING AND EXERCISES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 55d of the general statutes be amended to expand public-private partnerships to include projects regarding technologies, processes and practices designed to protect a computer, computer network, computer data and computer program, as those terms are defined in section 53-451 of the general statutes, from damage or unauthorized access and to increase funding for related training and exercises for such partnerships.

Statement of Purpose: 

To account for the rising threats and attacks to computers, networks, data and programs and reduce the vulnerability of the infrastructure of this state to such attacks.