The 2024-25 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant – Local and Tribal (SL) CFO is to assist local governments, including school districts and special districts, and federally recognized tribes address cybersecurity risks and threats to information systems, and improve security of critical infrastructure and resilience of the services these entities provide to their communities.
Donor Name: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/27/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Objectives
SLCGP provides funding to implement projects that address one or more of the following objectives established by CISA to accomplish the overarching goal of the Program:
- Objective 1 – Governance and Planning – Develop and establish appropriate governance structures, as well as plans, to improve capabilities to respond to cybersecurity incidents and ensure continuity of operations.
- Objective 2 – Assessment and Evaluation – Identify areas for improvement in SLT cybersecurity posture based on continuous testing, evaluation, and structured assessments.
- Objective 3 – Mitigation – Implement security protections commensurate with risk (outcomes of Objectives 1 and 2), using the best practices as described in element 5 of the required 16 elements of the cybersecurity plans.
- Objective 4 – Workforce Development – Ensure organization personnel are appropriately trained in cybersecurity, commensurate with their responsibilities as suggested in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
Priorities
In developing projects for the FY 2024 SLCGP Local & Tribal Program, Applicants should describe projects that address areas for improvement identified by the local or tribal government using the whole community approach as they relate to cybersecurity capabilities and especially projects that address implementation of one or more of the key Cybersecurity Best Practices, as appropriate to their organization
Implement multi-factor authentication.
- Implement enhanced logging.
- Data encryption for data at rest and in transit.
- End use of unsupported/end of life software and hardware that are accessible from the internet.
- Prohibit use of known/fixed/default passwords and credentials.
- Ensure ability to reconstitute systems (backups).
- Actively engage in bidirectional sharing between CISA and SLT entities in cyber relevant time frames to drive down cyber risk.
- Migration to the .gov internet domain.
Funding Information
- There is $19,085,028 available for the Program for the Grant Subaward performance period of December 1, 2024 – December 31, 2026.
- Applicants may apply for up to $250,000 for the 25-month Grant Subaward performance period.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the federal definition of Local Government in 6 U.S.C. §101(13) or Tribal Government in 6 U.S.C. §665(g)(a)(7) and be located in California.
For more information, visit Cal OES.
