Sec. 2059.204.  REGIONAL NETWORK SECURITY CENTERS SERVICES AND SUPPORT.  The department may offer the following managed security services through a regional network security center:
(1)  real-time network security monitoring to detect and respond to network security events that may jeopardize this state and the residents of this state;
(2)  alerts and guidance for defeating network security threats, including firewall configuration, installation, management, and monitoring, intelligence gathering, and protocol analysis;
(3)  immediate response to counter network security activity that exposes this state and the residents of this state to risk, including complete intrusion detection system installation, management, and monitoring for participating entities;
(4)  development, coordination, and execution of statewide cybersecurity operations to isolate, contain, and mitigate the impact of network security incidents for participating entities; and
(5)  cybersecurity educational services.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 567 (S.B. 475), Sec. 9, eff. June 14, 2021.