🛡️ **NASCIO Alert: State Critical Infrastructure Cyber Defense Gaps Widening**
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 05:35 AM PT BLUF: NASCIO reports that state CIOs are now shouldering primary responsibility for critical infrastructure cyber protection, with 90% identifying active threats. State agencies face significant capability and governance gaps that are expanding attack surface across power, water, transportation, and telecom sectors at state/local level. DETAILS Responsibility shift: State chief information officers have become de facto critical infrastructure defenders for their jurisdictions, moving beyond traditional IT security roles into operational technology (OT) and critical sectors. ...