Louisiana § 51:2112 Definitions

Louisiana Statutes

§ 51:2112 — Definitions

Louisiana § 51:2112

Title 51Trade and Commerce

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La. Stat. Ann. § 51:2112 (2026).

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§2112. Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:

(1)"Cyber incident" means the compromise of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of computerized data due to the exfiltration, modification, or deletion that results in the unauthorized acquisition of and access to information maintained by a public body.

(2)"Cyber ransom or ransomware" means a type of malware that encrypts or locks valuable digital files and demands a ransom to release the files.

(3)"Louisiana Fusion Center" means the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange.

(4)"Managed security service" means a network and system security service that has been outsourced to a third-party service pro

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§2112. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:
(1) "Cyber incident" means the compromise of the security, confidentiality, or
integrity of computerized data due to the exfiltration, modification, or deletion that results
in the unauthorized acquisition of and access to information maintained by a public body.
(2) "Cyber ransom or ransomware" means a type of malware that encrypts or locks
valuable digital files and demands a ransom to release the files.
(3) "Louisiana Fusion Center" means the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections, office of state police, Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange.
(4) "Managed security service" means a network and system security service that has
been outsourced to a third-party service provider pursuant to a written agreement specifying
the service and in which the service provider has assumed operational control of the
monitoring and management of the public body's cybersecurity. The term shall not include
a cybersecurity consulting service or customer-managed service purchased from the provider.
(5) "Managed security service provider" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, reciprocal,
syndicated, or any similar entity or combination of entities that provides a managed security
service for a public body.
(6) "Managed service provider" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, reciprocal, syndicated, or
any similar entity or combination of entities that manages a public body's information
technology infrastructure or end-user systems. The term shall not include any entity
providing communications services subject to regulation or oversight by the Louisiana Public
Service Commission or the Federal Communications Commission.
(7) "Provider" means a managed service provider or managed security service
provider that requires remote management or operational control of a public body's network
or end user systems.
(8) "Public body" means any branch, department, office, agency, board, commission,
district, governing authority, political subdivision, or any other instrumentality of the state,
parish, or municipal government, including a public or quasi-public nonprofit corporation
designated as an entity to perform a governmental or proprietary function.