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#190: Content-Defined Zero Trust: Securing Public Sector Data
State, County & K-12 Leaders on Building Modern Data Protection Frameworks
FEATURING:
Ralph Johnson, CISO, State of Washington
Doug Cavit, CISO, Snohomish County
Nikhil Gautam, Director, Technology Services, Bremerton School District
Tim Freestone, CMO, Kiteworks
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
Washington State's strategic approach to zero trust implementation across decentralized agencies and vendor management
How Bremerton School District revolutionized their security architecture to protect sensitive student data across 72 network segments
Snohomish County's comprehensive approach to securing election data through transparency and federal partnerships
Why content-defined zero trust is transforming data protection across state and local government
How public sector leaders balance core security fundamentals with emerging technologies to protect critical data
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