The Role of Chief Security Officer is More Vital than Ever

Government Technology: Ralph Johnson had some great conversations with CIOs at the National Association of Counties annual conference in July. But the chief information security officer of King County, Wash., did notice one odd fact: “I was the only CISO at the entire conference,” said Johnson. “A lot of large urban counties on the East Coast seem to have CISOs, but the sense I got was that in the Midwest and Western states, that was not the case.” In talking to the IT chiefs, he learned that the counties that do have a CISO have a very small information security staff.

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