Information security: cybersecurity: economic impact study.

Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, and requires that office to serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth, and authorizes the office to exercise various powers, including, among others, making recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals. This bill would require the office to, on or before July 1, 2018, commission and complete a study that would evaluate the economic impact of California's cybersecurity industry, and would require that study to include certain information. The bill would require the office to provide the Legislature with the results of the study, along with recommendations for promoting the economic and workforce development of the state's cybersecurity industry. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2022.