| (a) Each state agency shall develop, document, and
implement an agency-wide information security program, approved by
the agency head under §202.20 of this chapter, that includes
protections based on risk for all information and information resources
owned, leased, or under the custodianship of any department, operating
unit, or employee of the state agency including outsourced resources
to another state agency, contractor, or other source (e.g., cloud
computing). The program shall include:
(1) periodic assessments in alignment with minimum
legal reporting requirements of the risk and impact that could result
from the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification,
or destruction of information, information systems, and applications
that support the operations and assets of the agency;
(2) policies, controls, standards, and procedures that:
(A) are based on the risk assessments required by §202.25
of this chapter;
(B) cost-effectively reduce information security risks
to a level acceptable to the agency head;
(C) ensure that information security is addressed throughout
the lifecycle of agency information resources; and
(D) ensure compliance with:
(i) the requirements of this subchapter;
(ii) minimally acceptable system configuration requirements
as determined by the state agency; and
(iii) the control catalog published by the department;
(3) strategies to address risk to high impact information
resources;
(4) plans for providing information security for networks,
facilities, and systems or groups of information systems and applications
based on risk;
(5) a process for planning, implementing, evaluating,
and documenting remedial action to address any deficiencies in the
information security policies, procedures, and practices of the agency;
and
(6) a process to justify, grant, and document any exceptions
to specific program requirements in accordance with requirements and
processes defined in this chapter.
(b) State agencies are responsible for:
(1) defining all information classification categories
except the Confidential Information category, which is defined in
Subchapter A of this chapter, and establishing the controls for each;
(2) administering an ongoing information security awareness
education program in compliance with the requirements of Texas Government
Code § 2054.5191 - .5192 for all users; and
(3) introducing information security awareness and
informing new employees of information security policies and procedures
during the onboarding process.
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