Santa Barbara County Grand Jury
• 2020-2021
• Agency Response
Das Williams First District, Vice Chair Board of Supervisors Gregg Hart County Administration Building Second District
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings
F1
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has oversight over all dependent special districts and community service areas and their respective cybersecurity operations. The Board of Supervisors agrees with this finding. As a point of clarification, the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (SBMTD) was erroneously listed as a dependent special district on Appendix II of the Grand Jury’s report. The SBMTD is an independent special district governed by a separate seven-member Board of Directors appointed by the cities of Carpinteria, Goleta and Santa Barbara, and the County of Santa Barbara, and therefore not under the authority of the Board of Supervisors.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
That the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors review and adopt, as appropriate, the “Best Practices” listed in the report for its dependent special districts and community service areas. The recommendation has been implemented. The County has developed cybersecurity polices and standards that were adopted by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on September 21, 2021(County of Santa Barbara - File #: 21-00847 (legistar.com). The adopted policies apply to County departments as well as each dependent district and community service area under the authority of the Board. The County’s cybersecurity policies are based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 version 4, a nationally recognized cybersecurity framework used to organize and improve cybersecurity programs. All “best practices” listed in the Grand Jury report have been addressed in the adopted policies. Attachment A