California launches next phase of state cybersecurity plan as AI changes threat landscape

California expands cybersecurity protection plan

(The Center Square) - Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an expansion of the state’s cybersecurity plan to protect state agencies from increasing cyber threats and artificial intelligence-enabled cyberattacks.

California launches next phase of state cybersecurity plan as AI changes threat landscape

SACRAMENTO – Updating California’s roadmap for protecting the state government from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the release of an updated strategy — known as Cal-Secure 2.0 — to protect the state against new online threats, including artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cyberattacks. Building on California’s first statewide cybersecurity strategy launched in 2021, Cal-Secure 2.0 gives state age…