Gov. Hogan signs bills to bolster Maryland governments’ cybersecurity defenses against costly attacks

A singular effort to protect Maryland’s local and state governments from increasingly common cyberattacks will soon click into higher gear after Gov. Larry Hogan signed a trio of cybersecurity preparedness bills into law Thursday. The bills, among several dozen the governor put his signature on during one of the final bill-signing ceremonies of the 2022 legislative session, follow a string of costly high-profile ransomware and other cyberattacks that temporarily crippled Maryland governmental bodies .