Terms Used In Michigan Laws 18.228

  • Client: means a municipal, educational, nonprofit, or critical infrastructure organization that has requested and is using the rapid response assistance of the Michigan cyber civilian corps under the direction of the department. See Michigan Laws 18.222
  • Cybersecurity incident: means an event occurring on or conducted through a computer network that actually or imminently jeopardizes the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of computers, information or communications systems or networks, physical or virtual infrastructure controlled by computers or information systems, or information resident on any of these. See Michigan Laws 18.222
  • Department: means the department of technology, management, and budget. See Michigan Laws 18.222
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Michigan cyber civilian corps: means the program established by this act under which civilian volunteers who have expertise in addressing cybersecurity incidents may volunteer at the invitation of the department to provide rapid response assistance to a municipal, educational, nonprofit, or critical infrastructure organization in need of expert assistance during a cybersecurity incident. See Michigan Laws 18.222
  • Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer: means an individual who has entered into a volunteer agreement with the department to serve as a deployable volunteer in the Michigan cyber civilian corps. See Michigan Laws 18.222
  (1) On the occurrence of a cybersecurity incident that affects a client, the client may request the department to deploy 1 or more Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteers to provide rapid response assistance under the direction of the department.
  (2) The department, in its discretion, may initiate deployment of Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteers upon the occurrence of a cybersecurity incident and the request of a client.
  (3) Acceptance of a deployment by a Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer for a particular cybersecurity incident must be made in writing. A Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer may decline to accept deployment for any reason.
  (4) To initiate the deployment of a Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer for a particular cybersecurity incident, the department shall indicate in writing that the Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer is authorized to provide the assistance. A single writing may initiate the deployment of more than 1 Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer.
  (5) The department shall maintain a writing initiating the deployment of a Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer to provide assistance to a client for 6 years from the time of deployment or for the time required under the department’s record retention policies, whichever is longer.
  (6) The deployment of a Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer to provide assistance to a client must be for 7 days unless the writing initiating the deployment contains a different period.
  (7) At the direction of the department, the deployment of a Michigan cyber civilian corps volunteer may be extended in writing in the same manner as the initial deployment.