Bill Text: NJ S3488 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell to develop cybersecurity best practices and awareness materials for consumers in this State.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee [S3488 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S3488-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Directs New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell to develop cybersecurity best practices and awareness materials for consumers in this State.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning cybersecurity awareness and data protection for consumers and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell, established pursuant to Executive Order No. 178 (2015) in the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, shall develop informational materials, in a form determined by the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell, for use by consumers in this State concerning cybersecurity best practices and awareness. The informational materials shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) best practices for consumers concerning the security and privacy of online consumer data;
(2) methods consumers may use to conceal and protect their data;
(3) common ways that consumer and personal data is stolen;
(4) information relevant to any cybersecurity threat specific to consumers in this State; and
(5) a comprehensive list of cybersecurity resources for consumers, including information on how a consumer may report a cybersecurity threat to State or federal authorities and any related contact information.
b. The information required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be made available, upon request, to any consumer in this State and shall be made available to the public by the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell on its Internet website.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) to develop informational materials, in a form determined by the NJCCIC, for use by consumers in this State concerning cybersecurity best practices and awareness.
The informational materials are to include, but not be limited to:
1) best practices for consumers concerning the security and privacy of online consumer data;
2) methods consumers may use to conceal and protect their data;
3) common ways that consumer and personal data is stolen;
4) information relevant to any cybersecurity threat specific to consumers in this State; and
5) a comprehensive list of cybersecurity resources for consumers, including information on how a consumer may report a cybersecurity threat to State or federal authorities and any related contact information.
The bill also requires the NJCCIC to provide the information to any consumer in this State upon request and is to be made available to the public by the NJCCIC on its Internet website.
