RESOURCES
CyberSecurity Collaboration & Preparedness
KISO now includes the statewide CyberSecurity Collaboration & Preparedness (CSCP) program.
CyberSecurity Collaboration & Preparedness program:
- Assists with Technology/Cyber Resiliency Planning.
- Assists in planning and delivery of Tabletop Exercises.
- Provides Training and Exercises resources.
- Serves as State Administrative Authority for the DHS Cybersecurity Grant Program
- Plans and facilitates opportunities for statewide collaboration.
- Participates in the State Emergency Operations Center as part of ESF #2
- Assists in coordinating statewide emergency cyber/technology responses.
- Answer questions about resources
- General knowledge
- Facilitate connections and knowledge transfer
Erin McGinnis, ACRP
Director of Statewide CyberSecurity Collaboration & Preparedness
Kansas Information Security Office (KISO)
Kansas Office of Information Technology (OITS)
Erin.McGinnis@ks.gov
Eric Tolbert, ACRP
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Analyst
Kansas Information Security Office (KISO)
Kansas Office of Information Technology (OITS)
Eric.Tolbert@ks.gov
Request our services:
Use this form to submit a request for service from CSCP:
https://forms.office.com/g/RBkkmhG7pG
Upcoming Trainings and Events
For questions about any of these courses, please email KISO.CyberCollaboration@ks.gov unless otherwise noted in the post
State & Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, Grant submissions closed 30 April 2024. Submissions for 2025 will re-open in January of 2025.
13-14 November - TEEX MGT-303 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment, Wichita
This course is designed to address specific technical and professional skills needed to assess, document, remediate, and report on cybersecurity vulnerability assessments within organizations through a series of lectures and hands-on activities. Students must register on KS-Train, Course ID# 1122845, then KDEM will send them the secondary registration link for TEEX.
You can access KS-Train, here: https://www.train.org/ks/welcome
February 2025 - Water/Wastewater Operational Technology Workshops
– Wichita, ATF facility
– McPherson, Kansas Municipal Utilities facility
5 – Hays, KHP center
6 – Garden City, at the Zoo
?? – Manhattan, Riley County Public Works
?? – Lawrence, Union Pacific Depot FULL
?? – Pittsburg, DCF office
Learning objectives:
Learners will understand the importance of establishing and OT Governance program in Drinking Water/Wastewater.
Learners will understand the importance of establishing a OT risk management framework.
Learners will understand the importance of establishing a cross-functional OT cybersecurity training program.
Learner will begin establishing a rough draft OT Incident Response Plan.
To register, go here: https://forms.office.com/g/XsQ8HdLiWj
11-13 February - MGT 456 "Integration of Cybersecurity Personnel into the EOC for Cyber Incidents," Topeka, TBD
This scenario-based course will guide emergency response organizations and critical infrastructure IT personnel through multiple simulated events to learn how to coordinate efforts during a cyber incident. These real-time exercises are designed to assist jurisdictions with managing cyber response efforts between traditional emergency responders and IT professionals. The use of expert instructors from IT and emergency response fields will offer participants real-world knowledge to successfully integrate cybersecurity personnel into the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This course is taught by TEEX and registration is on their website. A FEMA SID is required to register for the course, and TEEX has a link to the FEMA SID registration on their webpage.
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/?MO=mClassRegistration&D=FP&C=MGT456&S=26
9-13 June - Certified Ethical Hacker Class,Wichita
More information about the course:
Class size is limited to 15 students. You must be associated with a public entity to attend this course. To register, go here: https://forms.office.com/g/Z2TkYjdGNy