{"id":7250,"date":"2025-02-25T11:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/?p=7250"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:45:21","slug":"texas-strengthens-cybersecurity-with-new-state-level-command-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/texas-strengthens-cybersecurity-with-new-state-level-command-center\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Texas Strengthens Cybersecurity with New State-Level Command Center<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-Images-35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-Images-35-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-Images-35-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-Images-35-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-Images-35-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-Images-35-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cover-Images-35.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In February 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the creation of the Texas Cyber Command, a state-level initiative headquartered in San Antonio.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">This command center aims to enhance the state&#8217;s ability to anticipate, detect, and prevent cyberattacks, leveraging local expertise from institutions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsa.edu\/\">The University of Texas at San Antonio.<\/a> The Texas Cyber Command will collaborate with state universities, Regional Security Operation Centers, and various local and state agencies to create a unified defense against cyber threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Key objectives include promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staysafeonline.org\/\">cybersecurity awareness<\/a>, conducting simulation exercises, and providing forensic analysis for post-attack investigations. This development underscores the growing importance of state-level initiatives in safeguarding digital assets and infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">For a visual overview of the Texas Cyber Command, you can watch the following video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7sIDW9W4_3A\">Texas Cyber Command &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,47],"tags":[54,148],"class_list":["post-7250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exchangedefender","category-uncategorized","category-industrynews","tag-cybersecurity","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7250"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7260,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250\/revisions\/7260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}