Terms Used In Montana Code 2-6-1504

• Chief information security officer: means an employee at the department of administration designated by the chief information officer who is responsible for protecting the state's information assets and citizens' data by:

  (a)advising and overseeing information security strategy and programs for executive branch state agencies without elected officials;

  (b)advising and consulting information security strategy and programs for executive branch state agencies with elected officials and the legislative and judicial branches; and

  (c)advising information security strategy and programs for city, county, consolidated city-county, and local governments and for school districts, other political subdivisions, or tribal governments. See Montana Code 2-6-1501

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Security incident: means an occurrence that:

  (a)actually or potentially jeopardizes the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an information system or the information the system processes, stores, or transmits; or

  (b)constitutes a violation or imminent threat of violation of security policies, security procedures, or acceptable use policies. See Montana Code 2-6-1501

• State agency: means an agency, authority, board, bureau, college, commission, committee, council, department, hospital, institution, office, university, or other instrumentality of the legislative or executive branch of state government. See Montana Code 2-6-1501