Governor Laura Kelly created the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force to protect Kansas’ digital infrastructure from increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks.
The bipartisan task force is charged with developing a comprehensive plan to address potential cybercrime and to protect essential services that Kansans and businesses depend on.
Members of the Cybersecurity Task Force are (as of July 2021):
- State Chief Information Technology Officer or designee (ex-officio): Secretary Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace
- State Chief Information Security Officer or designee (ex-officio): Jeff Maxon, Topeka
- The Adjutant General of the Kansas National Guard or designee (ex-officio): Col. David Hewlett, Wichita
- The Attorney General or designee (ex-officio): Jay Emler, Lindsborg
- The Secretary of State or designee (ex-officio): Kevin Comstock, Topeka
- Representative from the Kansas Department of Emergency Management: Jonathan York, Topeka
- Director of Kansas Criminal Justice Information System (ex-officio): David Marshall, Topeka
- Director of the Kansas Intelligence Fusion Center (ex-officio): William (Bill) Glynn, Topeka
- Representative from a municipal governments: Mike Mayta, Wichita
- Representative from the Regents institution: John Godfrey, Shawnee
- Representative from critical infrastructure: Charles King, Overland Park
- Representative from critical infrastructure: John Berghuis, Salina
- Representative from the joint committee on Information Technology: Representative Kyle Hoffman, Coldwater
- Representative from the joint committee on Information Technology: Senator Jeff Pittman, Leavenworth
- Representative of county governments: Doug Peters, (Garden City, Finney County)