Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi SB2654: State Security Operations Center; create within the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services.
Status: Signed into law, April 1, 2026
AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SSOC) WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; TO PROVIDE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE CENTER; TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SSOC; TO OUTLINE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES; TO GRANT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT POWERS; TO AUTHORIZE THE SSOC TO COLLABORATE WITH CERTAIN PARTIES; TO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT; TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT RULES, STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS ACT; TO CREATE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; 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 provide services rendered by the center; to provide the duties and responsibilities of the ssoc; to outline the responsibilities of agencies; to grant the executive director of the department certain enforcement powers; to authorize the ssoc to collaborate with certain parties; to establish an annual reporting requirement; to authorize the executive director of the department to adopt rules, standards and procedures necessary to carry out this act…
From the enrolled text, March 26, 2026:
AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (SSOC) WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; TO PROVIDE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE CENTER; TO PROVIDE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SSOC; TO OUTLINE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES; TO GRANT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT POWERS; TO AUTHORIZE THE SSOC TO COLLABORATE WITH CERTAIN PARTIES; TO ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT; TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT TO ADOPT RULES, STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS ACT; TO CREATE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; 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 leadership of 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. *SS08/R1242SG* S. B. No. 2654 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/SS08/R1242SG PAGE (2) The SSOC shall provide centralized statewide cybersecurity operations, including: (a) Continuous monitoring, alerting, threat detection and analysis of state cyberinfrastructure, as defined by ITS; (b) Operational incident response …