The bills include SB 394, which requires the Department of State to adopt security measures for electronic voting systems, and SB 292, which requires the Office of Financial Regulation to supervise virtual currency kiosk businesses.
Lars Schmekel has been the county’s chief information security officer since January 2001. However, the county recently published a job posting for the role, signaling the position’s vacancy.
A few notable recommendations for the Department of Financial Services include $36 million to replace FLAIR, $6 million to replace the Office of Financial Regulation’s REAL system and $2.8 million for a CRM replacement.
After serving as Florida’s lieutenant governor since 2018 — and leading many cybersecurity efforts — Nuñez is expected to resign this week and accept a new position as Florida International University’s interim president.
The position reports to the agency’s incident response lead and will investigate, analyze and respond to cyber incidents and provide targeted attack detection and analysis.
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