Cybersecurity Episodes

Earlier this year I sat down at the inaugural WRITA spring conference with Chuck Boyer (Assistant CIO, City of Phoenix, and WRITA Conference Chair), Nick Phillips (CISO, City of Boise), and Scott Magerfleisch (Executive Counselor, Info-Tech Research Group, former CIO, City of Greeley, CO).


A backup can be healthy.


A recovery can still fail.


Boise's infrastructure team brought in Info-Tech to build a real disaster recovery plan — not because anything had gone wrong, but because "we know ...

Nevada woke up to a ransomware attack that took 60+ state agencies offline. No ransom paid. Full recovery in 28 days.

State CIO Timothy Galluzi and Info-Tech's Mark Hellbusch break down the largest ransomware attack in Nevada state history - how the network came back in 48 hours, how they kept citizen trust through radical transparency, and what every state CIO, CISO, and public sector IT leader needs to know about incident response, Zero Trust Architecture, and building the partnerships that actually show up when it matters.

In this episode, Craig Woolley from LSU, Lizbeth Johnson from NC A&T, and Ron Ringgold from SentinelOne break down how a student-powered SOC model is scaling across 32+ institutions - and why the hardest part of cybersecurity leadership isn't the technology, it's the people.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Dr. Vanessa Kenon from UTSA, Tonya Bennett from the University of Pennsylvania, and Tim Boltz from Carahsoft break down how universities are building student workforce pipelines, navigating AI’s legal wild west, and cutting through procurement complexity - all before the pace of change outstrips them.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Josh Bright from UC Santa Barbara, Dwane Sterling from Virginia Tech, and JJ Mahon from Cisco ThousandEyes break down what it means to lead IT before the problems find you - from building a collaborative leadership team to monitoring the student experience before the first ticket ever lands.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Lester Godsey from Arizona State University, Dan Kent from Cloudflare, and Matthew Leger from IDC break down why most institutions are still in the AI Wild West - and what it actually takes to govern, secure, and scale AI across a campus before agentic systems make the problem exponentially harder.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Ed Clark from CSU, William Huang from UT System, and Chuck Romero from Palo Alto break down what it actually takes to close the AI divide across 460,000 students — and why browser security is now the front line.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, leaders from Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell, and NVIDIA break down what's actually broken in higher ed workforce pipelines — and what AI workforce development can do to fix it.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Kyle Bowen from Arizona State University, Joe Sabado from UC Santa Barbara, and Doug Thompson from Tanium make the case that efficiency was never supposed to be the finish line — and break down what responsible AI adoption actually looks like when it connects to the mission.

Featuring:

Cory Wilburn, Chief Information Officer, Texas McCombs School of Business


Doug Thompson, Chief Education Architect, Tanium




Episode Highlights:
Leadership Insight: The Chief Alignment Officer

Cory Wilburn redefines the CIO role as "Chief Alignment Officer," focusing on ensuring everyone understands how they contribute to the organization's mission (I love this Cory!)
Creating a "culture of safety" forms the foundation for innovation - "if you're trying to move the ball forwa...

Featuring:

Craig Woolley, Chief Information Officer at Louisiana State University (LSU)


Kim Milford, Chief Information Security Officer at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


Ed Wozencroft, VP for Digital Strategy and CIO at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)


Mary Lou Prevost, Group Vice President | US | State, Local Government and Education at Splunk




Episode Highlights:


Student-Powered SOC: A Revolutionary Education & Security Model

How LSU created a scalable "stu...

Featuring:

Kendra Ketchum, Vice President for Information Management and Technology and CIO at the University of Texas, San Antonio


Jared Pane, Director of Solutions Architecture at Elastic



Episode Highlights:

Leadership Philosophy & Team Building

Discover Kendra's transformative "humble, hungry, and kind" leadership philosophy that's reshaping technical teams at UTSA


Why Kendra actively avoids hiring "brilliant jerks" who might be technically strong but ultimately damage team cultu...

Featuring:

Timothy Winders, AVP and Deputy CIO at Purdue University


Zach Rossmiller, CIO, University of Montana


Mani Keerthi Nagothu, Americas Field CISO & Associate Director at SentinelOne



In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Purdue navigates the unprecedented challenge of scaling AI access across their university system - balancing million-dollar licensing costs against student equity


Inside the University of Montana's innovative state-wide cybersecurity hub that transforms studen...

Recorded at the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour at GMI on April 1st to 3rd.


Lester Godsey, CISO, Maricopa County

Lester serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Maricopa County, the fourth largest county in the United States by population. With extensive experience in managing cybersecurity risks and implementing robust security protocols, Lester plays a crucial role in safeguarding the county’s digital infrastructure against various cyber threats.


Tina Carkhuff, Industry Execu...

Recorded at the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour at GMI on April 1st to 3rd.


Ralph Johnson, the State CISO, Washington State brings a wealth of experience to his role as having previously served as CISO for Los Angeles County and Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer for King County. His appointment was strongly endorsed by Bill Kehoe, who praised Johnson's skills, experience, and information security knowledge as assets that will enhance the state's enterprise security program and dat...

In this never-before-seen, closed-door only recording from the ​​2024 TechTables Phoenix Live Podcast​​, Navy veteran Jack McCain, CEO of Blue Sky Vantage, and former Director of Homeland Security and State CISO Tim Roemer & Chief Security Officer at GMI, reveal the alarming reality of how hostile nations are targeting our local communities with cyber attacks.




You'll learn practical steps your agency must take now to avoid devastating consequences when an attack inevitably strikes.




D...

Featuring:

Governor Doug Ducey, 23rd Governor of Arizona



In this episode, you’ll learn:
"Cybersecurity is homeland security, cybersecurity is national security." ~ Governor Doug Ducey


I recently had the incredible opportunity to sit down with former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for an exclusive interview on The Public Sector Show by TechTables. Governor Ducey served as Arizona's 23rd governor from 2015 to 2023, during which time he transformed the state into a national leader in cybersecu...

[NEW EPISODE] - UNLOCKED FROM THE VAULT - Orlando Live Podcast Tour at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel on Saturday, March 18th

Mark your calendars for the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour April 1st-3rd, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Learn more here: https://www.techtables.com/2024-phoenix-live-podcast-tour
Before we get into this week’s podcast, I wanted to give a special shout-out to TechTables podcast sponsors: SentinelOne, Verizon, and SAP.
SentinelOne's AI-powered security platform to break down silos and protect this state's entire enterprise with real-time data and control. With seamless updates and overhead reductio...

Candace Wynn is the Cyber Community Ops Manager and Warren Sponholtz is the Deputy State CISO at Florida Digital Service. They discuss how Florida is taking steps to improve cybersecurity through grants, incident response, and community building.

Featuring Roosevelt Sawyer Jr., CIO, Florida Office of State Courts Administrator


🔗 Connect with Roosevelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roosevelt-sawyer-jr-7252362/


"Blending those [private and public sector experiences] together... hiring what we have, employees that have that experience from the private sector also employees that have worked in the public sector- it brings a more robust conversation in the room."


~ Roosevelt Sawyer Jr on a blended workforce


Court is in session! On ...

Show Notes
Featuring Lt Col. Chris Winnek, Commander, 102nd Information Ops Battalion & Cyber Operations Chief at the Texas Military Dept., and Chris Humphreys, Texas State Cybersecurity Council


"This is NOT the new normal to have people stealing your data and using it. We have to fight against that." - Chris Winnek
🔗 Connect with Chris W: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-winnek-a1388167/
🔗 Connect with Chris H: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-humphreys-5a563019/

🎙 About the episode...

Show Notes
Featuring Shauna Rogers, CDO, Texas Attorney General, and Celerino Torres, CISO, Texas Attorney General

🔗 Connect with Shauna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunarogers2/
🔗 Connect with Celerino: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celerino/

🎙 About the episode


A favorite part of this Live Podcast Tour in Houston was bringing on someone unplanned who turned out to be a major contributor to the conversations of the day. It’s the beauty of these more intimate events, having the ability to p...

Show Notes
Featuring Ryan Murray, State CISO, State of Arizona; Krishna Edathil, CTO/Assistant Commissioner, Texas Higher Ed. Board, and Tim Roemer, ThriveDX President & Fmr. State CISO, State Arizona


We're all talking to the same people... How do we replicate that out to those other entities and then help give them the resources to do it? ~ Ryan Murray
I'm not the CTO; I'm the Chief Trust Officer... You can achieve [that] through the people and the relationship and then the trust that you bu...