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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Rainosek retired from the Texas Department of |
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| 8 | 9 | | Information Resources on December 31, 2024, drawing to a close an |
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| 9 | 10 | | exemplary career in public service that spanned more than four |
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| 10 | 11 | | decades; and |
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| 11 | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, Ms. Rainosek joined DIR as a program |
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| 12 | 13 | | manager, and she became the state's chief information security |
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| 13 | 14 | | officer in 2017; over the course of her tenure, she played an |
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| 14 | 15 | | instrumental role in protecting state agencies from cybersecurity |
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| 15 | 16 | | threats and established an incident response plan; demonstrating |
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| 16 | 17 | | critical leadership during the first cybersecurity incident to be |
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| 17 | 18 | | declared a state disaster, she directed the response to the 2019 |
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| 18 | 19 | | ransomware attack that shut down the operation of 23 local |
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| 19 | 20 | | government entities; in addition, she oversaw the implementation of |
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| 20 | 21 | | three Regional Security Operations Centers, the Texas Information |
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| 21 | 22 | | Sharing and Analysis Organization, and the Statewide Portal for |
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| 22 | 23 | | Enterprise Cybersecurity Threat, Risk, and Incident Management; |
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| 23 | 24 | | most recently, she served as DIR's executive cybersecurity |
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| 24 | 25 | | strategist; and |
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| 25 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Rainosek has further distinguished herself as a |
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| 26 | 27 | | member of the executive committee for the Multi-State Information |
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| 27 | 28 | | Sharing and Analysis Center; among her many achievements, she |
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| 28 | 29 | | received the prestigious Thomas M. Jarrett State Cybersecurity |
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| 29 | 30 | | Leadership Award, and she was featured in the "Top 25 Doers, |
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| 30 | 31 | | Dreamers, and Drivers" list by Government Technology; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Prior to joining DIR, Ms. Rainosek was the deputy |
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| 32 | 33 | | chief information security officer and the enterprise security |
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| 33 | 34 | | operations manager for the Texas Health and Human Services |
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| 34 | 35 | | Commission; she also served as an IT audit manager and information |
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| 35 | 36 | | resource manager for the Texas State Auditor's Office; and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Through her vision, skill, and commitment to the |
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| 37 | 38 | | good stewardship of the state's security technology |
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| 38 | 39 | | infrastructure, Nancy Rainosek has greatly advanced the important |
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| 39 | 40 | | mission of DIR, and her accomplishments have earned the lasting |
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| 40 | 41 | | admiration and appreciation of her fellow citizens; now, therefore, |
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| 41 | 42 | | be it |
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| 42 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 43 | 44 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Nancy Rainosek on her retirement |
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| 44 | 45 | | from the Texas Department of Information Resources and extend to |
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| 45 | 46 | | her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for Ms. Rainosek as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 48 | 49 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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