| (a) The agency head of each state agency is ultimately
responsible for the agency's information resources.
(b) The agency head or their designated representative
shall:
(1) designate an Information Security Officer who has
the explicit authority and the duty to administer the information
security requirements of this chapter agency wide;
(2) allocate resources for ongoing information security
remediation, implementation, and compliance activities that reduce
risk to a level acceptable to the agency head;
(3) ensure that senior agency officials and information-owners,
in collaboration with the Information Resources Manager and Information
Security Officer, support the provision of information security for
the information systems that support the operations and assets under
their direct or indirect (e.g., cloud computing or outsourced) control;
(4) ensure that the state agency has trained personnel
to assist the agency in complying with the requirements of this chapter
and related policies;
(5) ensure that senior agency officials support the
state agency Information Security Officer in developing, at least
annually, a report on the state agency information security program,
as specified in §202.21(b)(10) and §202.23(a) of this chapter;
(6) approve high residual risk management decisions
as required by §202.25(4) of this chapter;
(7) review and approve at least annually the agency
information security program required under §202.24 of this chapter;
and
(8) ensure that information security management processes
are integrated with state agency strategic and operational planning
processes.
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