The Office of Cyber Security originated in part as the Mapping Service Bureau of the Dept. of Transportation. In 2001 part of the Mapping Service Bureau was renamed the Center for Geographical Information and was transferred to the Office for Technology.
After the attacks on September 11, 2001, the legislature (in 2002) established the Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC) as an independent agency to address New York State's cyber security readiness and critical infrastructure coordination by combining the cyber security function of the Office for Technology and the Center for Geographical Information. When the Dept. of Transportation Map Unit was dissolved in 2003 many of its functions and records were transferred to the Office for Technology, and subsequently to CSCIC. Through its Geographical Information System Clearing House, CSCIC provided cartographic data in digital and paper formats until December 2008.
In 2010, Gov. David Paterson proposed legislation to merge the state Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination with four other organizations, into a new Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. The other agencies that were merged into the new division were the Office of Homeland Security, State Emergency Management Office, State 911 Board, and Office of Fire Prevention and Control. The legislation was passed July 2010 and the newly named offices of Cyber Security, Counter Terrorism, Emergency Management, Fire Prevention, and Interoperable and Emergency Communications were consolidated into the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (Laws of 2010, Chapter 56).
From the New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY. Agency record NYSV2118915-a
