California Cybersecurity Integration Center.

Existing law authorizes the Governor to make, amend, and rescind orders and regulations to implement the California Emergency Services Act. The act requires the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state. The act creates within the office of the Governor the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services, as specified. By Executive order in 2015, the Governor directed the Office of Emergency Services to establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integration Center, with its primary mission to reduce the likelihood and severity of cyber incidents that could damage California's economy, its critical infrastructure, or public and private sector computer networks in the state. The Executive order, among other things, required that the California Cybersecurity Integration Center be comprised of representatives from various entities, and that it develop a statewide cybersecurity strategy informed by recommendations from the California Task Force on Cybersecurity and in accordance with state and federal requirements, standards, and best practices. This bill would establish in statute the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC) within the Office of Emergency Services to develop a cybersecurity strategy for California in coordination with the Cybersecurity Task Force. The bill would provide that Cal-CSIC would have the same primary mission as Cal-CSIC as created by Executive order. The bill would require Cal-CSIC to include, but not be limited to, representatives from the Office of Emergency Services, the Office of Information Security in the Department of Technology, the State Threat Assessment Center, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the California Military Department, the Office of the Attorney General, the Health and Human Services Agency, and others. The bill would authorize the Director of Emergency Services, as specified, to administer, authorize, and allocate federal homeland security grant funding and would require the director to prioritize grant funding for prevention measures undertaken by the Office of Information Security in the Department of Technology in furtherance of a specified provision of the Governor's Executive order. The bill also would specify the authority of the Director of Emergency Services to administer the grant programs to respond to statewide emergencies requiring immediate attention.