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Cybersecurity Management in the States: The Emerging Role of Chief Information Security Officers
Friday, May 7th, 2010 - 17:34
Both corporations and government have responded by creating a new role in their organizations to lead the safeguarding efforts—chief information security officers. The role of these officers is still under development. Do they safeguard best by using law enforcement techniques and technological tools? Or are they more effective if they serve as educators and try to influence the behaviors of technology users?
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As Michigan's Chief Technology Officer and the former CISO of Michigan State Government for almost seven years, I appreciate this report. I think your team did an excellent job of researching the history of the CISO role in state government security over the past decade. The case studies are very well done.
In my opinion, you could have been more bold in your recommendations for the future. My full review and response to this report can be found at CSO Magazine, see: http://blogs.csoonline.com/1232/cybersecurity_governance_state_ciso_role...
Thank you for your efforts and this important work,
Dan Lohrmann