Ray Yepes

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CISO, State of Colorado

Ray Yepes is the former Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology. Before his current role, Ray served as the CISO for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the third largest agency in the Lone Star State. Ray holds a Master of Science in criminal justice and a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Sam Houston State University.

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Jan. 10, 2023

Ep.116 Interview with Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado

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 ...
Guest: Ray Yepes