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Comments Security a Big Concern for State CIOs Threaded \| Newest First \| Oldest First [close this box] clrmoney 11/18/2016 9:46:12 PM User Rank Platinum Security CIO Chief information officer needs more security so they need to come up with a way to make it secure and stable so that it will be better off in the long run. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% freehe 11/19/2016 8:01:48 PM User Rank Platinum Security BIg Concern for CIOs I am not surprised that security is a big concern for state CIOs. Many companies experience security risks and either voluntarily or involuntarily implement security measures and industry best practices. Addressing security issues can be costly but some companies don't even install the latest security patches. Companies only become concerned with security measures when a hack, attack or data breach occurs. Until companies view security as a high priority and am committed to setting aside adequate funding to protect their systems, security will still remain a concern. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% Adi 11/21/2016 10:11:14 AM User Rank Author Be afraid! According to Jeff Dow, Global CISO at 21st Century Fox, they catch 50 million phishing emails with ransomware attached across the company. he also said that hackers are no longer some kid sitting in his parents basement -- it's now sophisticated crime syndicates: Ransomware companies have help desks, and can help you get bitcoin accounts for payment! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 11/22/2016 5:20:13 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! It's really disconcerting how behind-the-ball our government is with respect to security. I don't see how the US will ever get itself ahead - instead it's constantly trying to play catch up. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% DHagar 11/22/2016 9:06:16 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @faryl, excellent assessment of the security issues with government. It appears that several agencies have only considered "automating" and "digitizing" data - with no further thought about the security risks and vulnerabilities. Just look at the data breaches this year with PIN's with the IRS? Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 11/29/2016 1:18:54 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! I hadn't read about the IRS PIN number leak! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% DHagar 11/29/2016 1:56:14 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @faryl, no they did not publicize it much. It is a strong indication that the "tactical" approaches to security do not take into account the present realities and certainly are inadquate for the future. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 11/30/2016 12:05:10 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! I'm not surprised. After reading "Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous" by Gabriella Coleman, I've resigned myself to the idea that none of my data is safe and that privacy is just an illusion, and that our government is not going to own up to any of its shortcomings any time soon :-/ Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% DHagar 11/30/2016 6:49:59 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @faryl, interesting assessment. And I have to agree, it is probably accurate. The models of government "control" over paperwork, etc., is leaving gaps and inefficiencies in a data driven world. So the transparency appears to be one-sided - they want information on us, but do not have the infrastructure to provide that disclosure, let alone transparency, to us. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 11/30/2016 10:28:57 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! Gaps and inefficiencies, yet they also manage to have redundancies too! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% DHagar 12/1/2016 1:37:56 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @faryl, great point! That is very true, there is a bottleneck at the center. It's like having an effective air conditioner, but then having it on with the windows wide open! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 12/7/2016 12:54:53 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @faryl for me security it never ending process to plug the holes and deal with breaches... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% dlr5288 12/31/2016 1:35:51 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! Yes! Completely agree. Security is always going to need upgrades and going to have to be constantly fixed along the way. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 1/1/2017 5:56:57 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @dlr5288 for me it never ends... as almost each month I have to get new training to be up to date... and no other way... just few weeks my boss send me for new training Mobile Devices Security fundamentals - nothing new to me, nor I learn anything new... but for insurance purposes I do must have this ceritifation - what my boss told me... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% dlr5288 1/31/2017 2:29:09 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! It's good that you're up to date though! It must be tiring to be having to go through the same material over and over again, but rather be safe than sorry! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 2/1/2017 1:35:14 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @dlr5288 I prefer this way just to be on the... better to check and re-check just to be safe... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% dlr5288 2/28/2017 2:03:38 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! Yes absolutely! Like I said, I could definitely see it as being annoying. But at least you'll know it'll be safe! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 3/1/2017 10:09:46 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @dlr5288 How I see it it only way for me... but to each his own :) to each his own... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% dlr5288 3/30/2017 10:48:26 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! Definitely! It's also more work if you missed something and didn't check and had to go back. More time consuming that way! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 4/2/2017 3:03:54 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @dlr5288 yes, I prefer recheck and check but do it once but right way... and for me it easy this way as it does save times... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% dlr5288 4/27/2017 2:03:45 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! I used to tend to rush just to get every thing done super quickly, but like we said I've realized pretty early on that that's definitely not the right way to do things! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 5/2/2017 3:54:31 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @dlr5288 this days we must remeber to get back to basic... as doing it quickly not always bring wanted results at the end... but to each his own... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 1/10/2017 5:34:19 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! It's a bit like whack-a-mole - as soon as you knock one issue out, another one pops up - and you don't know where that next one will be, just that one will definitely pop up! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 1/11/2017 1:03:19 AM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @faryl it not simple nor easy as it like system inside the system living by it own set of rules... but we are as taxpayers paying for it one way or other... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% batye 1/1/2017 5:58:00 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! @faryl yes as nothing perfect and technology do have gaps - so to say - how I see it... Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 1/10/2017 5:37:32 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Be afraid! Absolutely! My comment was specifically around US government systems - there is a ton of redundancy between (and within) agencies (and not the good kind where it's to protect data/prevent failures), yet other areas seem to lack in any coverage/oversight :-/ Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% srufolo1 11/21/2016 1:43:40 PM User Rank Platinum Security High Priority for State CIOs It's interesting to see how far states have come regarding security. Looking back on a State of the States listing in 2004 I compiled for a technology publication, research from NASCIO findings showed it was rare to see security as a priority. While some state CIOs mentioned cybersecurity, most were concerned with moving toward a more centralized government approach. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger in California was concerned with that. While many states said they wanted to work on a state website/portal, no mention was made of security. Other concerns that year were for server consolidation, enterprise converged networking, and affordable broadband services to rural areas (probably still a concern). Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% JohnBarnes 11/21/2016 11:00:14 PM User Rank Platinum I'll admit I didn't know all states had CIOs Anyone know of a good survey of who the state CIOs are, where they come from, what their qualifications and background tend to be? Seems like material for a dozen good articles there! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% srufolo1 11/22/2016 2:01:09 PM User Rank Platinum State CIOs @JohnBarnes I had sent an earlier blog from my iPhone but it didn't go through. You are correct. Information about state CIOs and their priorities would yield dozens and dozens of fascinating articles -- of relevance and of importance. When I created the State of the State listing of the CIOs and their priorities, I used the NASCIO Compendium, then either called or texted the CIOs for their comments. As I recall, someone had to jump through hoops to obtain that document, which weighed a ton. (I think I still have it somewhere in my garage.) It would be interesting to explore what the state priorities are now with the new Administration, and if they have changed at all. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% JohnBarnes 11/26/2016 2:19:23 PM User Rank Platinum Re: State CIOs srufolo1, Yes, absolutely. I'm also extremely curious abut 1) what do different states use data (as opposed to received wisdom, seat of the pants, or administrator whim) to decide? 2) how much of a state's data is actually under any kind of supervision by the state CIO? and most of all, 3) how does all that differ from state to state? It's sort of amazing that that's not something you can just grab and look up. Maybe we need a Federal CIO to accumulate reports from .... well, right there you have to decide. 50 states? Plus the district? Plus the commonwealths and territories? Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% srufolo1 11/26/2016 3:16:23 PM User Rank Platinum Re: State CIOs @JohnBarnes All of those are good questions. I suppose all that information is kept close to the vest. The state CIO role is an executive IT position, similar to what it is in an enterprise, so I would imagine most of the decisions regarding how data is used come down from them. It probably differs widely from state to state. This is all extremely interesting stuff to research. When you google state CIOs and their roles, there is a plethora of information, but you are correct, it is impossible to gain this information from just one source. Maybe that is something to think about. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% DHagar 11/29/2016 1:59:35 PM User Rank Platinum Re: State CIOs @JohnBarnes, it sounds as if you are raising the issue of standards for State CIO's in security. That would certainly make more sense than the variables: what I know and seat of the paints of each individual CIO or State standards. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% JohnBarnes 11/29/2016 2:17:12 PM User Rank Platinum Re: State CIOs DHagar, You are giving me credit for more and better thoughts than I have actually thunk. I was just thinking it would be useful to know what sort of people have the job right now. Had not gotten as far as who ought to. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% DHagar 11/29/2016 2:30:43 PM User Rank Platinum Re: State CIOs @JohnBarnes, maybe that is the right starting point. The people with the right knowledge then might recognize what they ought to do and the value of reaching a standard in security. I'll let you keep the credits! Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 11/30/2016 12:00:38 AM User Rank Platinum Re: State CIOs Looks like @DHagar was a step ahead of you! :-) Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% faryl 11/22/2016 5:16:55 PM User Rank Platinum Re: I'll admit I didn't know all states had CIOs I didn't realize states had CIOs either. I initially thought a "state CIO" was maybe some new project management lingo. :) Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% DHagar 11/22/2016 9:08:41 PM User Rank Platinum Re: I'll admit I didn't know all states had CIOs @JohnBarnes, this would indeed shed needed transparency on what exists - although it might be a frightening exercise - but knowledge is key anyway and the risk is not what you know but in what you don't know. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% Itsmeshawn22 11/24/2016 9:00:43 PM User Rank Platinum Security a Big Concern for State CIOs I didn't realize that CIOs had major security more effective. I can't believe that it was ranked first. I leaned alot from this article and helped me with information I didn't know. I agree all the way. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50% dlr5288 11/29/2016 10:22:36 PM User Rank Platinum Re: Security a Big Concern for State CIOs I didn't know they were ranked first either! I think it's great though. Every company should take security just as serious.. Reply Post Message Messages List Start a Board Login 50% 50%		Latest Articles Seven Sign Up for Italy's 5G Auction Italy's 5G auction could exceed a government target of raising €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) after attracting interest from companies outside the mobile market. 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