Cybersecurity — Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division (December 5, 2025)

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Slides on cybersecurity from the Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division, presented by Tristan Allen, Infrastructure and Industry Section Manager, to the Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee on December 5, 2025. The slides list cybersecurity lines of effort, including a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, a Significant Cyber Incident Response Plan and a Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CIRT). The State of Cybersecurity Report recommendations call for a sustainable alternative to restore MS-ISAC capabilities and statewide threat intelligence services, full operationalization of the CIRT, and continued funding of the SLCGP type, replaced if needed.

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    Washington Military Department
    Emergency Management Division



 Technology, Economic Development, and
          Veterans Committee

                        Cybersecurity
Tristan Allen, Infrastructure and Industry Section Manager
   Washington State Emergency Management Division

                            December 5, 2025
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          Washington Military Department
          Emergency Management Division




Cybersecurity Lines of Effort
Focus Area                              Activity
Governance                              Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
                                        Cybersecurity Prevention Framework
Plans
                                        Significant Cyber Incident Response Plan
Intelligence and Analysis               WA State Fusion Center (WSFC)
                                        State Auditor’s Office Cybersecurity Audits
Vulnerability Assessments
                                        National Guard Cybersecurity Audits (CSAs)
Response Capabilities                   Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CIRT)
Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation Funding   State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP)
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                        Emergency Management Division




   Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
                                                              Local Gov.
                                                                                              Deliverables:



Emergency Management
                          Seismic Safety                                                        EMC Annual Report
                           Committee         Federal Gov.                         K-12          • Submitted annually to the Governor’s Office

                         State Emergency                                                        Annual State Cybersecurity Report
                                                            Committee

       Council
                       Response Commission
                                                            Membership                          • Co-authored with WaTech
                                                                                                • Submitted annually to the Governor’s Office
                          Cybersecurity                                                           and Legislature
                       Advisory Committee      State
                                                                              Fusion Center
                                              Agencies

                                                             Infrastructure
                                                                Owner/
                                                               Operators



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State of Cybersecurity Report Recommendations

• Develop a sustainable alternative to restore MS-ISAC capabilities and
  statewide threat intelligence services.

• Fully operationalize the Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CIRT).

• Continue and, if needed, replace SLCGP-type funding.

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