Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:15.11 – Legislative intent
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:15.11
- Agency: means any state office, department, board, commission, institution, division, officer or other person, or functional group, heretofore existing or hereafter created, that is authorized to exercise, or that does exercise, any functions of the government of the state in the executive branch, but not any governing body or officer of any local government or subdivision of the state, or any parochial officer who exercises functions coterminous with the municipality in which he performs those functions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
- Commission: means the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:15.12
The legislature of Louisiana hereby finds all of the following:
(1) The mission of the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission, which was created by executive order of the governor, is the coordination of cybersecurity efforts among local, state, tribal, and federal governments as well as the private sector to maintain the stability of public services while ensuring proper privacy and protection of data entrusted to the state.
(2) Information systems, networks, and critical infrastructure around the world are threatened by increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.
(3) Cyberattacks aimed at breaching and damaging computers, networks, and critical infrastructure in Louisiana represent a major security risk and increase the state’s vulnerability to economic disruption, critical infrastructure damage, privacy violations, and identity theft.
(4) The increasing number and complexity of cyberattacks demand heightened levels of coordination, information sharing, and emergency response between local, state, tribal, and federal governments and the private sector to protect computer networks and critical infrastructure, as defined by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the federal Department of Homeland Security, from damage or unauthorized access.
(5) As a result of the increasing threat of cyberattacks and to solidify the collaboration between governments and the private sector, the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission shall be formally created to ensure continuation of its important mission. The commission’s proven track record of improving the resiliency of the cyber ecosystems in the state of Louisiana justify and warrant its statutory creation.
Acts 2023, No. 245, §2.