Cal-Secure is a foundational initiative with the goal to Strengthen Security and Preparedness across cyberspace. It is a collaborative effort by the California Department of Technology (CDT) and the Office of Information Security (OIS) and other state partners. The core tenets of Cal-Secure are based upon the key objectives of the California Homeland Security Strategy. Cal-Secure provides a five-year roadmap to state entities to enhance their security maturity level appropriate to t and close gaps in their cyber and information security programs. 

Cal-Secure is broken into three roadmap categories − People, Process, and Technology, which the executive branch will focus on throughout the next five years to improve its cybersecurity maturity and identify and manage risks to the state. Each category is equally important to achieve and ensure the success of the five-year plan. 

Cal-Secure is designed to be utilized by state government agencies and entities in the development of their individual strategies and roadmaps based upon high-level priorities that will provide the tactical and operational means to achieve the initiatives and standards in Cal-Secure. This approach allows all state departments to prioritize efforts towards maturity regardless of their existing baseline capabilities currently fully implemented.

For the next few years, each state entity will be required to attest that they have achieved the required capabilities by the end of each fiscal year based on the compliance requirements outlined in Cal-Secure. 

The first step for the department is to establish a baseline in all three categories and identify gaps that need to be filled to fulfill Cal-Secure requirements and be compliant with the initiative. Anvaya Solutions offers security maturity assessments and provides practical and actionable plans to help them enhance the level in all three categories – People, Process, and Technology. With extensive experience in cybersecurity for California state departments, Anvaya Solutions is the perfect choice to realize this public private partnership initiative for the golden state.

This is the first part of a multi-part series on Cal-Secure.