Partnership with National Center for Internet Security to strengthen New York's cyber security
ALBANY - The New York State Intelligence Center has relocated to the Center for Internet Security in East Greenbush, New York, putting the state’s primary cyber security protection agency under the same roof as a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing cyber security readiness and response around the globe. This new partnership provides New York with the opportunity to collect and analyze cyber threat information more effectively as well as enable state intelligence officials to better coordinate efforts with federal authorities to defend against and respond to cyber threats.
“New York State has been actively putting in place new measures to bolster our cyber security and help safeguard our citizens and institutions against threats to our technology infrastructure,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said. “This alliance of top cyber experts will help foster new coordination between government, law enforcement and public safety resources so we can better safeguard our cyber systems against attack.”
The New York State Intelligence Center, led and managed by the Division of State Police, was established in August 2003 as an “all-crimes” fusion center responsible for gathering, analyzing and disseminating information and intelligence to a wide variety of state, local, territorial and tribal governments.
The Center for Internet Security is a global nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance cyber security readiness and response of the public and private sectors. The work of the CIS includes a joint security operations center that provides cyber warnings and analysis to promote information sharing throughout all levels of government. This new partnership creates a joint operations and analytic unit to more effectively analyze and respond to cyber occurrences including, but not limited to, network intrusions, hacking attempts, and efforts to disrupt the normal operation of public and private sectors such as the energy and electric grids and financial institutions.
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