Unless otherwise provided by law, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission may work with universities, colleges, government agencies, and the private business sector to establish a cyber alliance to be known as the “Arkansas Cyber Initiative” that will support collaborations for the purpose of improving cybersecurity and the economy of the state through:
(1) Improving cyber infrastructure;
(2) Increasing the focus on cyber job-creating research activities; and
(3) Expanding cyber job-creating research activities toward producing more knowledge-based and high-technology cyber jobs in this state.