Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-423
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Cybersecurity - State payment of ransom prohibited - Incident reporting protocol
Official statutory text
(a) A state entity shall not submit payment with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ransom payment. (b) A state entity experiencing a ransom request in connection with a cybersecurity incident shall immediately notify and consult with the technology and innovation division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation. (c) As used in this section, "state entity": (1) Means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, committee, division, bureau, officer, official, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government, including a public institution of higher education and all other entities for which this state has oversight responsibility; and (2) Does not mean a vendor, contractor, insurance company, law firm, or other third party that has a contract, or does other business, with a state entity. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 534,s 1, eff. 3/7/2024.
(a) A state entity shall not submit payment with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ransom payment.
(b) A state entity experiencing a ransom request in connection with a cybersecurity incident shall immediately notify and consult with the technology and innovation division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation.
(c) As used in this section, "state entity": (1) Means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, committee, division, bureau, officer, official, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government, including a public institution of higher education and all other entities for which this state has oversight responsibility; and (2) Does not mean a vendor, contractor, insurance company, law firm, or other third party that has a contract, or does other business, with a state entity.
(1) Means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, committee, division, bureau, officer, official, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government, including a public institution of higher education and all other entities for which this state has oversight responsibility; and
(2) Does not mean a vendor, contractor, insurance company, law firm, or other third party that has a contract, or does other business, with a state entity.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 534,s 1, eff. 3/7/2024.
(a) A state entity shall not submit payment with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ransom payment.
(b) A state entity experiencing a ransom request in connection with a cybersecurity incident shall immediately notify and consult with the technology and innovation division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation.
(c) As used in this section, "state entity": (1) Means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, committee, division, bureau, officer, official, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government, including a public institution of higher education and all other entities for which this state has oversight responsibility; and (2) Does not mean a vendor, contractor, insurance company, law firm, or other third party that has a contract, or does other business, with a state entity.
(1) Means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, committee, division, bureau, officer, official, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government, including a public institution of higher education and all other entities for which this state has oversight responsibility; and
(2) Does not mean a vendor, contractor, insurance company, law firm, or other third party that has a contract, or does other business, with a state entity.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 534,s 1, eff. 3/7/2024.
Status: in_force
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