Annual Cybersecurity Compliance Training

Enrollment is currently open. The deadline to enroll is July 31, 2023.

How to Enroll:

1. Have your commissioners court approve the enrollment of your county's employees.
2. Complete this enrollment form and submit it via email, DocuSign or fax to (512) 479‑1807.
3. Complete the user import template by providing the necessary information for every employee participating in training. Then submit it via email. For the most efficient enrollment process and training implementation, TAC encourages counties to enroll all required employees using the user import template and to submit only one completed template.

Note: If the template does not automatically open, check the bottom-left of your screen or the "Downloads" folder within your file explorer.

Registration will remain open until July 31, 2023, and the course will remain active for enrolled counties year-round.

Enrollment for non-county entities is now open. The deadline to enroll is July 31, 2023.

2023 Enrollment Fee:
The fee for non-county entities is $9 per user. Your organization will be invoiced for the total amount. Payment is due upon receipt of the invoice.

How to Enroll:

1. Have your organization's governing body approve the enrollment of your organization's employees.
2. Complete this enrollment form and submit it via email, DocuSign or fax to (512) 479‑1807.
3. Complete the user import template by providing the necessary information for every employee participating in training. Then submit it via email. For the most efficient enrollment process and training implementation, TAC encourages organizations to enroll all required employees using the user import template and to submit only one completed template.

Note: If the template does not automatically open, check the bottom-left of your screen or the "Downloads" folder within your file explorer.

Registration will remain open until July 31, 2023, and the course will remain active for enrolled entities year-round.

WHAT?
An annual fee of $5 per user for counties, $8 per user for councils of government and $14 per user for non-county entities will go into effect for the 2024 reporting year.

WHEN?
This fee will not go into effect until the 2024 reporting year. The registration window for the 2024 reporting year is November 2023 – July 2024 for counties and March 2024 – July 2024 for non-county entities.

NOTE: This fee does NOT apply to the current 2023 reporting year, for which registration remains open until July 31, 2023.

WHY?
With the added fee comes new and improved features as well as better service for all users, including an improved enrollment process, enhanced training materials and year-round access for enrolled users. This is in addition to the recently implemented improvements that program users are already using, including greater administrative capabilities, increased functionality, an upgraded training platform, improved course features, reporting tools and more.

• Counties and other entities enrolling in TAC's cybersecurity training are now able to give select staff members elevated permissions on the training platform, allowing them to add and remove users, view completion reports, and provide login assistance to users through password resets and the resending of login emails. To utilize this new feature, simply include those selected staff members and their information when completing the required enrollment form. Please note that there are different enrollment forms for counties and non-county entities.
• Counties and other entities that complete enrollment by July 31, 2023, will be able to continue adding and removing staff members to the training course up until enrollment opens for the 2024 training cycle.

The law applies to the following who have access to a local government computer system or database and use a computer to perform at least 25 percent of their duties:

• All local government elected officials.
• Local government and state agency employees.
• State agency contractors.

TAC provides its DIR-Certified Cybersecurity Training as a means for counties and organizations to comply with Texas Government Code § 2054.5191. However, TAC does not monitor, enforce or report course completion.

Your county or organization will need to report compliance with the training requirement to the Department of Information Resources by Aug. 31 each year, asserting that all of its required employees have completed a cybersecurity training course that has been certified by DIR to fulfill the requirements of Texas Government Code § 2054.5191.

HB 1118 requires counties that apply for grants outlined in Government Code Chapter 772 on or after Sept. 1, 2021, to submit with the grant application a written certification of the county's compliance with the annual cybersecurity training.

Counties that apply for and receive a grant outlined in this chapter on or after Sept. 1, 2021, but have not complied with the cybersecurity training requirement may be required to pay the grant back to the state and may also be considered ineligible for other grants.