September 2022

South Carolina Governor Announces New Cyber Initiative

SC leaders working to boost state’s cyber industry

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – Officials in South Carolina said they will soon be developing a ‘road map’ to improve the state’s cyber industry.

Governor Henry McMaster, the South Carolina Department of Commerce and others announced a new initiative at the State House Friday morning.

The goal of the collaborative effort is to keep South Carolina competitive with other states in luring cyber-related businesses and having a workforce ready to take on these jobs.

SC DECODED 2022 Brings Together Cyber Across All Verticals

 

On September 15th in Columbia, the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness – SC Competes – together with the SC Department of Commerce, University of South Carolina, and SCMEP, hosted the SC Decoded Conference to unlock and embrace the key public, private, and academic technological capabilities the Palmetto State has to offer.

SC Decoded, a premier cybersecurity and tech conference for South Carolina companies and leaders, provided opportunities to learn and engage on today’s top cyber topics and opportunities. The inaugural 2022 conference covered “Cyber Resiliency in Supply Chain, Defense & Legal Tech” as the approach to cybersecurity as an architecture that supports South Carolina’s tech talent and information security on behalf of all of South Carolina's industry sectors.

CyberSC Delivers Minimum Baseline Cyber Training To SC Municipalities

On August 8th and 9th, CyberSC delivered its Minimum Baseline training to over 50 municipalities from across the state of  South Carolina.  Using the Minimum Baseline training curriculum developed by the Mass Cyber Center, CyberSC showed city staff and administrators some best practices when it comes to protecting their municipalities from cyber attack.
 

For South Carolina municipalities, technology offers the opportunity to make citizens’ lives less stressful by providing easy ways to pay tax bills and parking tickets, and efficient ways to issue permits and other services.  However, with today’s enhanced technologies, the threat of a cyber attack on every municipality has increased, leaving municipalities wondering how to manage IT costs while better protecting themselves. 

The purpose of defining a Minimum Baseline of Cybersecurity for Municipalities is to encourage municipalities to improve their cybersecurity posture, inspire collaboration, and engage with other cities and towns to strengthen cybersecurity resiliency. These “basics” can be done fairly inexpensively, but require an investment of time for municipal employees.

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CyberSC will be hosting a Local Government Cyber Conference in Spring 2023 in Columbia, SC in partnership with the SC Association of Counties, Municipal Technology Association, and SCGMIS.

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