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Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats

Published May 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:53

A rural county with no IT staff can therefore plug into the command at near zero cost, closing the digital divide between Austin and Alpine. What protects against executive overreach, you might ask? The legislature confirms the chief [of the command] we control the purse strings. We receive biannual performance reviews and are subject to the command to full sunset review in 2031 with an early review trigger. If the sunset commission smells smoke or has any concerns. (09:53–09:58)

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Asserts that the legislature confirms the command chief and controls funding.

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“Hostile nation states, ransomware syndicates and hacktivist collectives will launch well over 2 million probes against Texas networks.”
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“Confirmed reports to the Office of the Attorney General show that in 2024 alone, systems containing the sensitive personal information of 15…”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 00:41-00:53
“In my district alone, over 1.25 million individual data profiles were reported as compromised last year alone.”
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“UT San Antonio, one of only eight universities in the United States to hold all three NSA Centers of Academic Excellence designations.”
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“It's the most dense concentration of cyber skills anywhere in our country, or for North America for that matter.”
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“House Bill 150 stands up that force by creating the Texas Cyber Command.”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 03:07-03:13
“We locate the Command in San Antonio because that city already hosts the densest concentration of a cyber ecosystem anywhere in North…”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 03:13-03:24
“Structurally, the Command becomes a component institution of the University of Texas system.”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 03:46-03:52
“The Commands Chief is appointed by the Governor in this process, confirmed by this Senate body and serves at the pleasure of the Governor.”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 04:31-04:40
“HB150 transfers every cyber related power rule form, contract and full time employee from DIR to the Command on a date certain no later than…”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 05:19-05:36
“The command does three things. First, a Cyber Threat Intelligence center collects feeds from federal partners.”
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“A digital Forensic Laboratory provides attribution support to DPS and the Attorney General [and] develops forensic tools.”
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“RSOCs remain, but they now report through the command so intrusion logs flow into one brain instead of five.”
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“The bill requires common sense tool sets, uniform playbooks and a single threat scoring algorithm.”
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“UTSA earned the Triple Crown NSA designation, which lets us recruit students who already have clearances.”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 08:32-08:41
“All state agencies must meet minimum standards, just as they do today under DIR rules.”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 09:04-09:10
“Local governments may opt in [to the command].”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 09:09-09:14
“A rural county with no IT staff can therefore plug into the command at near zero cost.”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 09:37-09:45
“The bill in this case mirrors the Winter Storm URI Joint Operations model.”
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“DIR remains the buyer of enterprise hardware and software.”
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“House Bill 150 answers that call here in Texas.”
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“The chief that will be selected by the governor and approved by the Senate will report directly to the governor as well as to the…”
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“UTSA is really providing an incubation capability to get us up and running more rapidly.”
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“We can be up and running in 18 months, as opposed to three to five years anywhere else.”
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“Our risks as a state and a nation grow every day.”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 17:36-17:40
“The sooner that we stand up the this capability, which is both offensive as well as defensive, the better off we'll be as a people to…”
Tan Parker Advocates for Texas Cyber Command to Combat Statewide Cyber Threats | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 17:40-17:49