Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1727: State Security Operations Center; create within ITS to serve as operational arm of statewide cybersecurity.
Status: Failed, February 3, 2026
AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SSOC) WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; TO REQUIRE THE SSOC TO PROVIDE CENTRALIZED STATEWIDE CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE ENTERPRISE SECURITY PROGRAM TO ENSURE STATEWIDE STANDARDS AND CONTROLS ARE TECHNICALLY IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED; TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES TO REPORT SUSPECTED CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AND COOPERATE WITH SSOC MONITORING, INCIDENT RESPONSE AND VULNERABILITY REMEDIATION EFFORTS; TO REQUIRE SSOC TO SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARIZING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITIES, STATEWIDE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS, OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES AND RESOURCE NEEDS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-53-201, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to create a state security operations center (ssoc) within the mississippi department of information technology services; to require the ssoc to provide centralized statewide cybersecurity operations and to coordinate with the enterprise security program to ensure statewide standards and controls are technically implemented and enforced; to require state agencies to report suspected cybersecurity incidents and cooperate with ssoc monitoring, incident response and vulnerability remediation efforts…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SSOC) WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; TO REQUIRE THE SSOC TO PROVIDE CENTRALIZED STATEWIDE CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE ENTERPRISE SECURITY PROGRAM TO ENSURE STATEWIDE STANDARDS AND CONTROLS ARE TECHNICALLY IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED; TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES TO REPORT SUSPECTED CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AND COOPERATE WITH SSOC MONITORING, INCIDENT RESPONSE AND VULNERABILITY REMEDIATION EFFORTS; TO REQUIRE SSOC TO SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARIZING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ACTIVITIES, STATEWIDE CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS, OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES AND RESOURCE NEEDS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-53-201, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) There is created within the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) a State Security Operations Center (SSOC). The SSOC shall operate under the Executive Director of ITS and in direct coordination with the Enterprise Security Program established under Section 25-53-201. The SSOC is intended to serve as the operational arm of statewide cybersecurity, complementing but not supplanting the strategic, regulatory and governance authorities already granted under Section 25-53-201. *HR43/R2236* H. B. No. 1727 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR43/R2236 PAGE 1 (ELS\KP) (2) The SSOC shall provide centralized statewide cybersecurity operations, including: (a) Continuous monitoring, alerting, threat detection and analysis …