Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)
What this bill does
Requiring the Public Service Commission to include on its staff one or more employees that are experts in cybersecurity to perform certain duties; requiring the Commission to establish, in coordination with the Office of Security Management, cybersecurity standards and best practices for regulated entities; requiring each public service company to report a cybersecurity incident to certain entities; requiring the State Security Operations Center to immediately notify certain agencies of a certain reported cybersecurity incident; etc.
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Testimony (31)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Wolf, Dan | Alliance for Digital Innovation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Qi, Delegate Qilegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Duffy, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| UNF | Mayhew, Kim | Perry White Ross & Jacobson | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Cirone, Christine | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Cotton, Natalielobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Crepeau, Marisa | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Klaus | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Kolakoski, Virginia | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Kevin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Phelps, Mary | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | brenner, loretta | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Hayes, Terri | Maryland Cybersecurity Council | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Draffin, Cyril | Maryland Cybersecurity Council subcommittee | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Abeles, John | System 1, Inc. | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Quinn, Johnlobbyist | BGE | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Stanek, Jason | MD. Public Service Commission | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Tomlinson, Trevor | Maryland Public Service Commission | Oral |
| INFO | Lanzarotto, Katie | Pepco and Delmarva Power | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Smith, Lisalobbyist | Public Service Commission | Oral |
| INFO | Corcoran, Laura | Individual | Oral |