K.S.A. § 75-7206 — KS Code / Chapter 75 / Article 72 / Section 75-7206
75-7206 - Judicial chief information technology officer; duties.
Status: in_force

75-7206. Judicial chief information technology officer; duties. (a) There is hereby established within and as a part of the office of the state judicial administrator the position of judicial chief information technology officer. The judicial chief information technology officer shall be appointed by the judicial administrator, subject to approval of the chief justice, and shall receive compensation determined by the judicial administrator, subject to approval of the chief justice.

(b) The judicial chief information technology officer shall:

(1) Review and consult with each judicial agency regarding information technology plans, deviations from the state information technology architecture, information technology project estimates and information technology project changes and overruns to determine whether the agency has complied with policies and procedures adopted by the judicial branch;

(2) report to the chief information technology architect all deviations from the state information architecture that are reported to the judicial information technology officer by judicial agencies;

(3) submit recommendations to the judicial administrator as to the technical and management merit of information technology projects and information technology project changes and overruns submitted by judicial agencies that are reportable pursuant to K.S.A. 75-7209, and amendments thereto;

(4) coordinate implementation of new information technology among judicial agencies and with the executive and legislative chief information technology officers;

(5) designate the ownership of information resource processes and the lead agency for implementation of new technologies and networks shared by multiple agencies within the judicial branch of state government;

(6) perform such other functions and duties as provided by law or as directed by the judicial administrator;

(7) ensure that each judicial agency has the necessary information technology and cybersecurity staff imbedded within the agency to accomplish the agency's duties;

(8) maintain all third-party data centers at locations within the United States or with companies that are based in the United States; and

(9) create a database of all electronic devices within the branch and ensure that each device is inventoried, cataloged and tagged with an inventory device.

(c) An employee of the office of the state judicial administrator shall not disclose confidential information of a judicial agency.

(d) The judicial chief information technology officer may make a request to the adjutant general to permit the Kansas national guard in a state active duty capacity to perform vulnerability assessments or other assessments of the branch for the purpose of enhancing security. During such vulnerability assessments, members performing the assessment shall, to the extent possible, ensure that no harm is done to the systems being assessed. The judicial chief information technology officer shall notify the judicial agency that owns the information systems being assessed about such assessment and coordinate to mitigate the security risk.