Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2024

Texas Government Code Section 2054.5191 mandates cybersecurity training for local government employees, elected officials, and appointed officials who have access to a local government computer system or database and use a computer to perform at least 25 percent of their duties.
The training must be certified by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) - both the video above and an audio version - Episode 9d of the “Local Officials: Stronger, Together Podcast” Series info.tmlirp.or... - are DIR-approved.
Compliance Certification
Tracking: A local government has two tracking options:
1. A local governmental entity can keep track of participants internally. The easiest and most common method for most entities is to simply keep a written list or use an Excel spreadsheet.
2. To assist a local governmental entity with tracking, DIR has developed an optional tracking tool, Texas by Texas (TxT) www.surveygizm.... This method is probably most useful, for example, for a larger entity to track individual completion of hundreds of employees. Individual participants report completion to the TxT application, which sends a report to the entity showing who has completed the training.
Mandatory Reporting: Once a local government entity’s required participants have completed the training, the entity must certify its compliance to DIR using the Cybersecurity Training Certification for State and Local Governments form dir.my.site.co... by August 31 of each year. (The entity certifies compliance of all its required participants to DIR once per year - individuals do not certify compliance to DIR.)