# NYS Details Cybersecurity Safeguards

New York State Chief Cyber Officer Meghan Cook discussed cybersecurity safeguards for state agencies and municipalities, covering essential practices, organizational resilience, red-team testing, and support for schools and local governments. The signal describes areas of government cybersecurity focus but identifies no solicitation, contract value, procurement timeline, or procurement contact, so it does not establish a current contracting opportunity.

- State and local IT contractors can use these focus areas to understand potential needs around security practices, resilience, and red-team testing.
- Providers serving schools and local governments may find the stated support focus relevant when shaping cybersecurity services for those public-sector customers.
- Because no procurement notice or timeline is identified, businesses should treat this as market context rather than an active bid opportunity.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** October 29, 2026

### Government Entities
- New York State (NYS)

### Sources
- [NYS Chief Cyber Officer Meghan Cook breaks down State's cybersecurity safeguards](https://cbs6albany.com/news/power-and-politics/nys-chief-cyber-officer-meghan-cook-breaks-cybersecurity-safeguards-awareness-threat-actors-mfa-passphrases-phishing-risk-management-in-depth-ai-data-protection-critical-infrastructure-incident-response-red-team-artificial-intelligence) - WRGB