The Office of Cyber Security originated in part as the Mapping Service Bureau of the Dept. of Transportation. In 2001 part of the Mapping Service Bureau was renamed the Center for Geographical Information and was transferred to the Office for Technology. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, the legislature (in 2002) established the Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC) as an independent agency to address New York State's cyber security readiness and critical infrastructure coordination by combining the cyber security function of the Office for Technology and the Center for Geographical Information. When the Dept. of Transportation Map Unit was dissolved in 2003 many of its functions and records were transferred to the Office for Technology, and subsequently to CSCIC. Through its Geographical Information System Clearing House, CSCIC provided cartographic data in digital and paper formats until December 2008. In 2010, Gov. David Paterson proposed legislation to merge the state Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination with four other organizations, into a new Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. The other agencies that were merged into the new division were the Office of Homeland Security, State Emergency Management Office, State 911 Board, and Office of Fire Prevention and Control. The legislation was passed July 2010 and the newly named offices of Cyber Security, Counter Terrorism, Emergency Management, Fire Prevention, and Interoperable and Emergency Communications were consolidated into the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (Laws of 2010, Chapter 56).
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The Office of Cyber Security is dedicated to the protection of the State's cyber security infrastructure through the identification and mitigation of vulnerabilities, deterring and responding to cyber events and promoting cyber security awareness within the State. Office of Cyber Security coordinates the State's cyber security strategies, policy development, monitoring the State's networks, researching threats, vulnerabilities and exploits and issuing cyber alert advisories to the government and private sector entities in New York. In addition, the Office is responsible for the Statewide policies, standards, programs, and services relating to geographic information systems (GIS), including the Statewide coordination of GIS. The Office also coordinates the digital mapping services in New York, serving as the repository of the State's critical infrastructure data and is the lead agency in providing digital mapping services support in State declared emergencies. The director of the Office serves as the Chief Cyber Security Officer of New York State.
Executive Law Sec. 715; L. 2010, Ch. 56.
