ADS reports faster security response, rolls out secured state chat and expands public GIS tools
January 28, 2026 | Institutions, SENATE, Committees, Legislative , Vermont
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Denise Riley and other ADS leaders briefed the Senate Institutions committee on security operations, AI services and public GIS tools included in ADS's annual report.
Riley described security-monitoring volume and a substantial improvement in response times: "We monitor, last year, it was 358,800,000,000 security events... they were, on average, taking over 37 days to fully resolve. They are now on average of under 4 days," she said. The transcript contains very large raw event counts that appear inconsistent with typical reporting; reviewers should treat that raw event count as the agency's claim and consult ADS for the underlying log definitions and time window used.
On AI, ADS said it launched a state-only chat service (referred to in the presentation as CHAP ET) that is restricted to state employees and executive-branch offices supported by ADS. Riley said the service provides a higher level of security and privacy than consumer AI products, and that the agency is seeing an average of roughly 700 weekly users in the early rollout.
ADS also highlighted public-facing GIS work — including a "school explorer" and district-builder — used by agencies, towns and regional planning commissions for planning and redistricting work. The presenters said they recorded unusually high numbers of map service requests (a high raw count is reported in the transcript and is captured in clarifying details), and that the GIS team is the main public-facing ADS team.
ADS said it is maintaining an AI systems inventory as required by statute; the agency reported that the number of AI systems it tracks has roughly doubled since last year. ADS told the committee it intends to develop public-private partnerships to create a safe test environment for AI pilots that avoid using production state systems or data.
What happens next: ADS recommended committee members read the annual report for technical detail and invited follow-up technical briefings on security metrics, the AI inventory and GIS usage.
Riley described security-monitoring volume and a substantial improvement in response times: "We monitor, last year, it was 358,800,000,000 security events... they were, on average, taking over 37 days to fully resolve. They are now on average of under 4 days," she said. The transcript contains very large raw event counts that appear inconsistent with typical reporting; reviewers should treat that raw event count as the agency's claim and consult ADS for the underlying log definitions and time window used.
On AI, ADS said it launched a state-only chat service (referred to in the presentation as CHAP ET) that is restricted to state employees and executive-branch offices supported by ADS. Riley said the service provides a higher level of security and privacy than consumer AI products, and that the agency is seeing an average of roughly 700 weekly users in the early rollout.
ADS also highlighted public-facing GIS work — including a "school explorer" and district-builder — used by agencies, towns and regional planning commissions for planning and redistricting work. The presenters said they recorded unusually high numbers of map service requests (a high raw count is reported in the transcript and is captured in clarifying details), and that the GIS team is the main public-facing ADS team.
ADS said it is maintaining an AI systems inventory as required by statute; the agency reported that the number of AI systems it tracks has roughly doubled since last year. ADS told the committee it intends to develop public-private partnerships to create a safe test environment for AI pilots that avoid using production state systems or data.
What happens next: ADS recommended committee members read the annual report for technical detail and invited follow-up technical briefings on security metrics, the AI inventory and GIS usage.
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