Suffolk County has tabled a measure aimed at improving cyber security coordination across departments.

As News 12 has reported, under the proposal, county information tech workers would meet at least once a month.

In addition, a new chief information security officer would be expected to oversee policy and compliance for all departments as well as submit a risk assessment report twice a year.

Outgoing Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone praised the proposal to the legislature.

Bellone went on to blame the county clerk’s office for the attack – which shut down services for months, and exposed social security numbers of about 26,000 county employees.