Colorado § 24-33.5-1903 Cyber operation center - coordination of missions

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-33.5-1903 — Cyber operation center - coordination of missions

Colorado § 24-33.5-1903

Title 24Government

Art.Public Safety

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-1903 (2026).

Text

(1)The department of public safety, using the office of prevention and security within the division of homeland security and emergency management, and using any other facilities deemed necessary and appropriate by the department of public safety, may coordinate with the division of homeland security and emergency management, the Colorado bureau of investigation, the federal bureau of investigation, the Colorado National Guard and other relevant military organizations, and other relevant information-sharing organizations to define the operational requirements for in-state and interstate operational and training networks.

(2)In furtherance of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the coordinating entities may:

(a)Consider establishing appropriate memoranda of under

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(1) The
department of public safety, using the office of prevention and security within the
division of homeland security and emergency management, and using any other
facilities deemed necessary and appropriate by the department of public safety,
may coordinate with the division of homeland security and emergency
management, the Colorado bureau of investigation, the federal bureau of
investigation, the Colorado National Guard and other relevant military
organizations, and other relevant information-sharing organizations to define the
operational requirements for in-state and interstate operational and training
networks.

(2) In furtherance of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the
coordinating entities may:

(a) Consider establishing appropriate memoranda of understanding or
interstate compacts with entities that encourage the interstate sharing of
information for cybersecurity;

(b) Support the requirements for the fusion of cyber defense, cyber
surveillance, and international and domestic intelligence and law enforcement
operations;

(c) Consider secure, distributed, and interactive network infrastructures for
interstate cyber training and operations;

(d) Support secure Colorado requirements to identify threats and
vulnerabilities and protect state cyber infrastructures;

(e) Conduct training, inspections, and operational exercises;

(f) Establish protocols for coordinating and sharing information with state
and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies responsible for
investigating and collecting information related to cyber-based criminal and
national security threats;

(g) Support state and federal law enforcement agencies with their
responsibilities to investigate and prosecute threats to and attacks against critical
infrastructure; and

(h) Ensure the coordination of cybersecurity threat information sharing
among the Colorado bureau of investigation, the office of prevention and security,
the office of information technology, and participating members of the federal
bureau of investigation's cybersecurity task force or successor organization.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2016: Entire part added, (HB 16-1453), ch. 189, p. 668, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2)(f) and (2)(g) amended and (2)(h) added, (HB 21-1236), ch. 211, p. 1096, � 4, effective September 7.