Spotlight shines on O'Malley at national governors meeting

[madinmaryland]

At a gathering of governors, Gov. Martin O'Malley led a panel Sunday on cybersecurity, calling attacks on state and federal databases "one of the nation's great emerging threats."

The Democratic governor is co-chairman of the National Governors Association's homeland security and public safety committee, sharing the role with Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.

As chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, O'Malley had a prominent role throughout the weekend-long National Governors Association meeting, which included sessions on Medicaid, the economy and education. O'Malley hosted a fundraiser Saturday night for the party's governors and led their Friday discussion with President Barack Obama.

At the cybersecurity panel, experts said states need to do more to protect the sensitive data they possess, including voter registration, driver's license and tax information. Three-quarters of the states have reported seeing some kind of security breach in recent years, said Will Pelgrin, chairman of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

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I think you will see more of Governor O'Malley on the national stage over the next three and a half years of his second term as governor.