Josh Spence, chief technology officer with the West Virginia Office of Technology, is proposing legislation to be drafted to address cyber security in the state.
Spence and Stan Partlow, vice president and chief security officer at American Electric Power, addressed legislators in Sunday’s Select Committee on Infrastructure.
Spence asked legislators to consider supporting the Secure West Virginia Act. This act would establish risk management methodology and a framework for assessing agencies’ risk. It would collect data and determine where areas of risk exist within state government.
“The cyber threat is real. The cyber threat is here and the time to act is now,” Spence said.
