Arizona Launches ‘Cyber Command’ Center After Logging 800,000 Security Attacks in September

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (center) is joined by Tim Roemer, Director of the Arizona Department of Homeland Security and Chief Information Security Officer, at an unveiling of the new Cyber Command Center in Phoenix on Oct. 4, 2021. Also pictured are Colonel Heston Silbert, Director of the Department of Public Safety; Andy Tobin, Director of the Department of Administration; and Adjutant General Kerry Muehlenbeck, Director of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs. Office of the Governor Doug Ducey

Arizona’s counter terrorism efforts received a boost this week with the launch of a new computer security facility to combat ongoing cyber attacks on state information technology.

On Oct. 4, Gov. Doug Ducey announced the creation of a new Cyber Command Center at a ceremony at the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC) in Phoenix.