State - level cybersecurity

The parade of horribles potentially set to march by a cyberattack is by now familiar: No air traffic controllers or airport check-ins; no electronically regulated rail traffic; no computer-dependent overnight deliveries of packages or mail; no paychecks for millions of workers whose employers depend on payroll software; no financial records of funds on deposit and no atms; no reliable digital records in hospitals and health centers; no electrical power, resulting in no light, no heat, no operating oil refineries or heating fuel or gasoline; no traffic signals, and no telephone or internet service or effective police protection such is the list of what could be disabled by an attack on Americas computer networks. Addressing this threat has been assumed to be the task of the federal government. But the dangers posed clearly implicate the police powers traditionally exercised by the states -- and the states interests are significant. Adapted from the source document.