By Tim Balk | New York Daily News
New York State on Wednesday unveiled a cybersecurity coordination plan, addressing a concern of local and federal officials in an increasingly fractious world.
Describing increasingly brazen cybercriminals keen to attack the nation’s financial capital, Gov. Hochul said New York is “bulking” up its protections and better aligning agencies and communities to face down the threat.
Hochul said the cybersecurity strategy, outlined in a 15-page document released by her office, came as part of a nation-leading “model on how to protect our people, but also our state and our nation.”
“We are a prime target,” the governor said at a news conference held in an NYU engineering building in Brooklyn. “There are increased cyber authority threats, and attacks, from places like Russia and China, because everybody knows New York.”
The report, branded as the state’s “first-ever cybersecurity strategy,” marks the latest effort by state officials to align cybersecurity efforts. Last month, the White House published a federal cybersecurity implementation plan.
Jake Braun, the Biden administration’s acting principal deputy director for national cybersecurity, said in the news conference that New York had developed a “bold affirmative vision for keeping New Yorkers safe.”
Cyberattacks could have devastating effects on New York’s transportation, public health, law enforcement and energy infrastructure. Foreign hackers have been known to bust into Americans’ emails, and implant malware into computer codes used to run U.S. infrastructure. There is concern foreign actors could cripple an American city with a cyberattack.
In its last budget, the state committed $500 million to reinforce IT and health care infrastructure, according to Hochul’s office.
The budget also included $7.4 million to enhance the New York State Police’s cyberanalysis unit, computer crimes unit and internet crimes against children center, Hochul’s office…
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