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Full Text of HB5547  100th General Assembly

HB5547 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5547

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 5/3-2.4 new

    Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Provides that on a biennial basis, the Auditor General shall conduct a performance audit of State agencies and their cybersecurity programs and practices, with a particular focus on agencies holding large volumes of personal information. Provides for the subjects to be assessed by the audit. Provides for the issuance of an audit report.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
5adding Section 3-2.4 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 5/3-2.4 new)
7    Sec. 3-2.4. Cybersecurity audit.
8    (a) On a biennial basis, the Auditor General shall conduct
9a performance audit of State agencies and their cybersecurity
10programs and practices, with a particular focus on agencies
11holding large volumes of personal information.
12    (b) The audit required under this Section shall, at a
13minimum, assess the following:
14        (1) the effectiveness of State agency cybersecurity
15    practices;
16        (2) the risks or vulnerabilities of the cybersecurity
17    systems used by State agencies;
18        (3) the types of information that are most susceptible
19    to attack;
20        (4) ways to improve cybersecurity and eliminate
21    vulnerabilities to State cybersecurity systems; and
22        (5) any other information concerning the cybersecurity
23    of State agencies that the Auditor General deems necessary

 

 

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1    and proper.
2    (c) Upon completion of an audit required under this
3Section, a report of the audit shall be issued in accordance
4with the provisions of Section 3-14, and a copy of the report
5shall also be delivered to the head of each audited State
6agency.