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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/

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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/

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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...

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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...

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🔗 Connect with Sindhu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sindhumenon/
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It was the end of an incredible but long day of interviews at our Houston Live Podcast Tour, and we were thrilled to end on a quiet but powerful note with this episode. The room was packed to standing room only as Sindhu’s team drove across town to support their team captain, and it was obvious the admiration went both ways. Join us as we tap into Sindhu’s wisdom and experience on topics including:


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Featuring John Fowler, CIO, and Kenny Wright, Chief Process Improvement Officer at the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation, and Darrell Tompkins, CIO, Texas Water Development Board


🔗 Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-fowler-1182926b/
🔗 Connect with Kenny: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenny-wright-a50990a3/
🔗 Connect with Darrell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrell-tompkins-0992132/

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In honor of our Live Podcast Tour taking place during t...

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🔗 Connect with Dr. Chris Mitchell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-p-m-b4130b168/
🔗 Connect with Ryan Murray: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-murray-az/
🔗 Connect with Jeremy Deckert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydeckert/
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You have to start with a risk assessment and oh, we're not defending against ghosts, right? - Dr. Chris Mitchell


"We don't necessarily need all of this fancy machine learning stuff. It helps us respond to machine-based threats at ...

Lisa Kent, CIO, and Summer Xiao, Deputy CIO, of the City of Houston, share insights on improving customer experience and creating a culture of empathy in large organizations. 

They stress the importance of learning from business units and providing them with guidance. They also discuss HR projects and critical vacancies. The speakers touch on resource management and how to handle under-resourced organizations. 

Finally, they talk about continuity of operations planning and training, including updating continuity plans and conducting exercises.