Cybersecurity Planning Subcommittee

Overview

The primary purpose of Cybersecurity Planning Subcommittee is to assist the State of Connecticut in development of the Statewide Cybersecurity Plan in accordance with the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and to identify and support projects that meet the objectives documented in the plan. Additional responsibilities include:

• Assisting with the development, implementation, and revision of the Cybersecurity Plan;
• Approving the Cybersecurity Plan;
• Assisting with the determination of effective funding priorities;
• Coordinating with other committees and like entities with the goal of maximizing coordination and reducing duplication of effort;
• Ensuring investments support closing capability gaps or sustaining capabilities; and
• Assisting the state in ensuring local government members, including representatives from counties, cities, and towns within the eligible entity provide consent on behalf of all local entities across the eligible entity for services, capabilities or activities provided by the eligible entity through this program.

Connecticut’s Cybersecurity Planning Subcommittee is made up of relevant stakeholders in the Cybersecurity discipline and as determined in the federal NOFO, and includes the State Chief Information Officer (CIO), the State Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), representatives from municipalities and the Regional Emergency Planning Team (REPT) – Cybersecurity Emergency Support Function (ESF)-17, institutions of public education, public health representation, and representatives of rural, suburban, and high-population jurisdictions. The Planning Subcommittee is a chartered subcommittee of the State's Cybersecurity Committee, a committee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. 

For more information, refer to the State of Connecticut Planning Subcommittee Charter