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Ross Nodurft, the vice president at One World Identity and the former OMB unit chief for the cyber and national security unit, said managing high valued data is key for better cybersecurity.
Micah Cizgan, the director of integrated joint cybersecurity operations at the Energy Department, said eight work teams are developing plans to address cyber risk.
The Council on IG Integrity and Efficiency Subcommittee on IT continues to try to close the gap between auditors and chief information officers in how they determine their agency’s cyber posture.
Grant Schneider, the acting federal chief information security officer, said shared services for cybersecurity can help address the workforce shortage.
Rob Palmer, who left DHS late last year and now is an executive vice president and CTO of ShorePoint, said lessons during his decade in government will help shape his private sector career.
Andy Seymour, the Defense Department’s public key infrastructure manager, said a new policy will require the services to unlock the PIV certificate authentication on the Common Access Card.
Joe Stuntz, a former policy lead for the OMB’s cyber and national security unit, said the future of identity management lies in multiple factors to prove one’s identity.
Frontis Wiggins, who recently retired from the State Department as its CIO, said the Diplomatic Security and CIO offices have made some progress to work on cyber issues, but more is needed.
Kirit Amin, the outgoing CIO of the International Trade Commission, said OMB and GSA should provide an easier way for small agencies to move off legacy systems.
DHS has implemented a cyber maturity model and DoD is using a security scorecard to identify strengths and weaknesses in networks and systems.
David Bray, who left the FCC in October and now is the executive director of the People-Centered Internet Coalition, moved the agency to the cloud to cut spending on legacy IT systems by 35 percent.
The CIO Council’s first-ever governmentwide hiring fair had 30-plus agencies participate to fill cyber and IT positions.
Eddie Hartwig, the acting deputy administrator of U.S. Digital Service, said his office has changed its approach over the past year.
Jason Gray, the Education Department’s CIO and the co-chairman of the CIO Council’s IT Workforce Committee, said there are four main goals for the upcoming governmentwide hiring fair.
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