requiring sufficient cybersecurity protections for critical infrastructure and technology projects.

Summary

The bill creates a legal duty for owners of essential services—like water, power, gas, communications and transit—that serve more than 10,000 people or 3,300 households in New Hampshire. Those operators must take reasonable steps to protect their control systems from known cyber risks, or they could be sued for resulting harms. It aims to reduce the chance that a cyber attack disrupts public health, safety or the state’s defense.

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