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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO 14-1481
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
COOK COUNTY INFORMATION SECURITY ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, technology and information resources in the various agencies and departments funded by the Cook County Board of Commissioners are strategic and vital assets belonging to the people of the County and State; and
WHEREAS, Cook County has a responsibility to the citizens of Cook County to ensure that the information entrusted to these agencies is safe, secure, and protected from unauthorized access, use, or destruction; and
WHEREAS, coordinated efforts are encouraged to protect these assets against unauthorized access, disclosure, use, and modification or destruction, whether accidental or deliberate, as well as to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information; and
WHEREAS, a strong information security framework should be coordinated, promulgated and implemented throughout agencies funded by the County, including the offices of the separately elected County and State Officials, to ensure the development and maintenance of minimum information security controls to protect technology and information resources that support the operations and assets of said agencies and departments and to enable the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 2 Administration, Article XII, Cook County Information Security Ordinance, Sec. 2-960 through 2-967 of the Cook County Code, is hereby enacted as follows:
ARTICLE XII. Cook County Information Security
Sec. 2-960. Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Cook County Information Security Ordinance."
Sec. 2-961. Purpose and Policy.
All separately elected County and State Officials, Departments, Office Institutions or Agencies funded by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, including but not limited to the offices and departments under the control of ...
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