Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-1-423

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A state entity shall not submit payment with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ransom payment.

(b) A state entity experiencing a ransom request in connection with a cybersecurity incident shall immediately notify and consult with the technology and innovation division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation.

(1) Means an agency, department, institution, board, commission, committee, division, bureau, officer, official, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of state government, including a public institution of higher education and all other entities for which this state has oversight responsibility; and

(2) Does not mean a vendor, contractor, insurance company, law firm, or other third party that has a contract, or does other business, with a state entity.

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