VA CIO discusses intersection of safety and transparency

Roger Baker, chief information officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, how to balance cybersecurity and transparency.

What happens when two of the government’s most important imperatives — cybersecurity and transparency — intersect?

This is an issue Roger Baker, chief information officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, deals with on a daily basis.

Baker said the VA is struggling with young medical students posting too much information on the web.

Baker is Tom Temin’s guest on tomorrow’s Federal Security Spotlight.

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