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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D78A02.F2AED230"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">August 5, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Gov. Little launches Cybersecurity Task Force with special focus on elections security<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – Governor Brad Little announced today the formation of a new task force to advance cybersecurity initiatives in Idaho.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force will provide recommendations to improve business, government, and personal cybersecurity defenses and enhance the educational pipeline
for cybersecurity workforce needs. It will identify cybersecurity assets, resources, and public-private partnerships across Idaho.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">In addition, Governor Little directed the task force to
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">examine and propose new ways to ensure Idaho’s election infrastructure remains secure, transparent, and resilient from new and evolving threats.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Governor Little is honored to have former Secretary of State Ben Ysursa as a member of the task force to address this important issue.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">“Through the Idaho National Laboratory, the State of Idaho is home to unique and world-leading capabilities in countering cyber-attacks and engineering solutions to the
cybersecurity challenges facing our state and nation. We’ll need increased resources, partnerships and active collaboration between a broad range of organizations to successfully protect from ever-growing cybersecurity threats, and I’m confident my Cybersecurity
Task Force is up to the task.,” Governor Little said. “I’m also asking the task force to find new ways to protect Idaho’s election infrastructure because fair and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> free elections are a
hallmark of Idaho’s proud representative democracy and the expectation of every Idahoan. I appreciate longtime Secretary of State Ben Ysursa for his participation on my task force.”
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The task force will also explore opportunities to raise awareness, inform and educate potential victims of cybersecurity threats, including citizens, businesses, critical
infrastructure operators, and state and local government.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Idaho Department of Commerce Director Tom Kealey and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Associate Laboratory Director Zach Tudor will co-chair the task force.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">"Cyber-attacks are now ubiquitous in modern society. Without the proper procedures and infrastructure in place, all Idaho citizens, businesses, and organizations are potentially
at risk," Director Kealey said. "Through collaboration and partnership between the more than 200 Idaho businesses that offer cybersecurity products and services, and public sector organizations like Idaho National Laboratory and Idaho higher education institutions,
Idaho has the opportunity to advance cybersecurity initiatives and innovations to defend against these critical global threats."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">"It's a privilege and honor to co-chair this task force with Director Kealey and I thank Gov. Little for his foresight in establishing it," INL Associate Laboratory Director
Tudor said. "Cybersecurity is one of the most important national security issues of our time and Idaho now has an opportunity to set itself apart from other states in how we plan, prepare and respond to these challenges.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The task force is comprised of private sector cybersecurity experts, including representatives from financial technology, network security, and public utilities, as well
as government officials, including representatives from INL, Office of Emergency Management and Office of Information Technology Services, and Idaho research universities. In addition, the task force includes three legislators.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The task force plans to meet four times between August and November of 2021 and provide a set of recommendations to the Governor in early 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The task force’s first meeting will be Aug. 19. Meeting details and other information about the task force are available at
</span><a href="https://commerce.idaho.gov/cybersecurity"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">commerce.idaho.gov/cybersecurity</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">.
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<li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Tom Kealey</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Idaho Department of Commerce Director, CO-CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Zach Tudor</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Associate Laboratory Director, National & Homeland
Security, Idaho National Laboratory, CO-CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ben Ysursa</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, former Secretary of State<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Brad Wiskirchen</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Senior Vice President and General Manager
for Equifax<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Frank Harrill</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Vice President of Security for Schweitzer
Engineering Laboratories<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Brad Richy</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Idaho Office of Emergency Management Director<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Jeff Weak</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, State of Idaho Information Technology Services
Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ryan White</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, U.S. Senator Jim Risch’s Chief of Staff<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">George Mulhern</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Cradlepoint CEO<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Jeff Newgard</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Bank of Idaho CEO and President<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Lisa Grow</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Idaho Power CEO and President<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Anand Bahl</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Chief Information Officer, CVP for Micron Technology
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Domini Clark</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Blackmere Consulting CEO<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Ed Vasko</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Director of the Institute for Pervasive Cybersecurity
at Boise State University <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Dr. Scott Snyder</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Idaho State University Dean of Science
and Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Toni Broyles</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, Special Assistant to the President at the
University of Idaho <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Senator Jim Woodward</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, District 1<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Representative Brooke Green</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, District 18<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNoSpacing" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Representative Dustin Manwaring</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">, District 29<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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