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House Bill 3112 |
House Author: Corte |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Wentworth |
House Bill 3112 amends the Government Code to establish the Texas Computer Network System, through which the Department of Information Resources is required to provide network security services to state agencies. The bill allows such security services to be provided to the legislature and related agencies, special districts, including school and hospital districts, essential utility-related independent organizations, and institutions of higher education, under certain conditions. The bill provides for equipping the network system, what constitutes confidential network security information, and the release of that information. The bill specifies the department's responsibility in an internal or external security threat to a state agency's network. House Bill 3112 also requires the department to establish a secure network security center facility, through which the department will provide the system's managed security services, and sets out provisions relating to the center's duties and operation. The bill requires the department to protect all networks, particularly criminal justice and homeland security networks. In addition, House Bill 3112 requires the department to report biennially on implementing the network security system and to conduct a study on the interoperability of certain network security features.