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Nevada Governor Signs Bill to Create Office of Cyber Defense Coordination

Government Technology: In a flurry of legislative approvals June 2, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval added his signature to Assembly Bill 471, which formally stands up the Office of Cyber Defense Coordination within the Department of Public Safety. The move makes Nevada one of the latest states trying to shape its cybersecurity destiny with an office meant to coordinate and respond to the myriad threats circulating the Internet.

The governor’s signature on the bill followed a unanimous vote in the Senate and a nearly unanimous vote in the House, with 40 yea votes and two abstentions. Like many similarly focused agencies in surrounding states, the Nevada cybersecurity office is part of a larger effort to identify and negate threats posed to the state government and citizen data.

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