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


Featuring:

Ryan Murray, Deputy Director and Chief Information Security Officer, State of Arizona

See Ryan's past episodes here: https://podcast.techtables.com/guests/ryan-murray/

Ralph Johnson, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Washington
Owen Zorge, Chief Information Security Officer, City of Chandler
Cátia Pereira, Manager - Sales Engineering at Kitewor...

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...

Big Sky Live Podcast Tour - Airbnb Experience

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

Welcome to our TechTables' Team Spotlight Series, where we spotlight innovative teams and unpack the human stories behind their digital transformations. This limited 5-part series was live from Tallahassee at the Florida Digital Service in 2023. This is Part 5 of 5.
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 entir...

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...

Show Notes
🔗 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/
🎙 About the episode
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 ...

Orlando Live Podcast Tour at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel on Saturday, March 18th

The BBQ Showdown - North Carolina vs. Texas

The BBQ Showdown - North Carolina vs. Texas

Featuring J.R. Sloan, CIO, State of Arizona


Show Notes:


Welcome to The Public Sector Show by TechTables, where today we're joined by J.R. Sloan, CIO for the State of Arizona, to dive into the rollout of Arizona’s groundbreaking digital driver's license, now available in the Apple wallet, and its implications for privacy, efficiency, and user experience.


In episode 128, J.R. discusses the challenges and successes in pioneering digital identification, the collaboration across agencies, an...

In this episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables we interview Michael Gregg, CISO, State of North Dakota where we talk about cybersecurity OKRs, how his team is setting the bar with "Operation Limbo" for automated phishing defense, bridging the workforce gap with mentorships and apprenticeships, why continuous improvement in cybersecurity mirrors the disciplined effort of a gym workout, and Michael’s latest books.


Connect with Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgregg01/
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Connect with Mandy Crawford: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-crawford-dir/Connect with Cassie Jordan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandramjordan/Connect with Shandra McGlohon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shandra-mcglohon-pmp-8b9512b/ Timestamps0:00 I

Featuring Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado


Summary
Ray Yepes, CISO of Colorado, believes a centralized IT infrastructure model is most beneficial for security, economics, personnel resources, scalability, and disaster recovery. It provides better control, cost savings, and fewer people needed to manage the infrastructure, as well as increased scalability, better risk mitigation, and continuity of operations.


Before we get into this week’s podcast, I wanted to give a special shout-out to ...

Mandy Crawford and Kevin Gilbertson talk about the importance of building relationships with legislators to advocate for funding and support for technology initiatives. They emphasize the need to understand legislators' interests and pri

Live from the Hotel Kimpton Palomar for the Phoenix Live Podcast Tour!

Live from the Hotel Kimpton Palomar for the Phoenix Live Podcast Tour!

Live from the Hotel Kimpton Palomar for the Phoenix Live Podcast Tour!

Show Notes
Jim Weaver, Secretary for Information Technology & CIO for the State of North Carolina. Jim leads the agency responsible for strategic IT planning and the procurement and delivery of IT services and solutions as well as cybersecurity. In today's episode, we cover Jim's unique perspective on North Carolina's leadership in expanding equity through broadband access and affordability across the state.


We know that in some cases it's 2-3% of a family's income to pay for the cost of inte...

We cover Kevin's unique perspectives on the benefits of private sector experience in the public sector, utilizing internship opportunities to create a culture of alumni who want to return and serve, Montana's Digital Challenge, and the low code, no code strategy.


Connect with Kevin Gilbertson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kgilbertson/

Timestamps
0:00 Intro


00:50 Kevin shares his background in the private sector and how having a non-exclusively public sector background can benefit persons i...

In this episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, Joe Toste speaks with Sanjay Gupta, CIO of the Small Business Administration (SBA), about the importance of having an agile mindset in developing proactive solutions. Gupta highlights the need to un

Featuring Doug Lange, Chief Strategy Officer for the State of Arizona


Connect w/ Doug: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmlange/

Show Notes:
In today's episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, we're joined by Doug Lange, former Chief Strategy Officer at the State of Arizona, to dive into the transformative powers of leadership in IT. We'll explore how Doug led a team managing a vast portfolio of tech projects, achieving remarkable cost avoidance, and championing a customer-centric approac...