Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, “cybersecurity event” means an event resulting in unauthorized access to or a disruption or misuse of an information system or nonpublic information stored on the information system that has a reasonable likelihood of materially harming a consumer or any material part of the normal operations of the licensee. However, the term does not include the following:

(1) The unauthorized acquisition of encrypted nonpublic information if the encryption, process, or key is not also acquired, released, or used without authorization.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-2-27-5

  • consumer: means a resident of Indiana whose nonpublic information is in a licensee's possession, custody, or control. See Indiana Code 27-2-27-4
  • encrypted: means the transformation of data into a form that results in a low probability of assigning meaning without the use of a protective process or key. See Indiana Code 27-2-27-7
  • information system: means either of the following:

    Indiana Code 27-2-27-9

  • licensee: means a person that is:

    Indiana Code 27-2-27-10

  • nonpublic information: means electronic information that is not publicly available information and is described in either of the following subdivisions:

    Indiana Code 27-2-27-12

(2) An event in which a licensee has determined that the nonpublic information accessed by an unauthorized person has not been used or released and has been returned or destroyed.

As added by P.L.130-2020, SEC.10.