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Cybersecurity, Agile Development Top of Mind at 2017 NASCIO Midyear Conference

Government Technology: ARLINGTON, Va. — Virginia is a leader when it comes to cybersecurity; just ask Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who told the audience at the 2017 NASCIO Midyear conference on April 24 that as chair of the National Governors Association, he has “made cybersecurity the No. 1 signature issue for all 50 states.”

McAuliffe also told the more than 530 government and industry attendees, whose discussions revolved around agile development, and top strategies, management processes and solutions, that although cybersecurity is an issue for all levels of government, “Washington has done a very poor job of outlining a national strategy for how we take care of the states. We don’t even have a committee in Congress; we at the states are left to do that ourselves.”

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