Box Elder County com­missioners approved a trio of cybersecurity measures Wednesday, several months after a ransomware attack locked county computers, disrupted services and re­quired outside help to re­store operations. The first action was adoption of a new data-pri­vacy ordinance, described by IT Director and Data Pri­vacy Officer Keith Keller as the county’s framework for complying with the Government Data Priva­cy Act. Keller said the ordi­nance “builds our data pri­vacy framework” and “lays it all out for us,” adding that counties are required to have the new standards in place by the end of the month. The measure passed unanimously. Commissioners...

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