Last year, modernization initiatives for state and local agencies could be largely categorized as fast, reactive decisions to keep operations running during the pandemic. However, today CIOs and CISOs need to take a step back to consider larger questions around the security implications of those decisions.

Security advisor Wendy Nather says findings from a recent security survey can help organizations, regardless of their budget situations, identify which practices are likely to deliver the greatest security improvements. 

The Security Outcomes Study surveyed nearly 5,000 IT, security and privacy leaders from 25 countries, to gain a clearer picture about which practices correlate to statistically better outcomes for organization.

This podcast was produced by StateScoop and sponsored by Duo Security.

Guest: Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs, Cisco’s Duo Security

Host:Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group”

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Strategies to get more out of existing security tools

Cryptocurrency has ushered in a new way for consumers and businesses to transfer value. That’s presenting new challenges — but also new opportunities — for state and local governments and law enforcement agencies, according to Kat Faley, director of state and local government at Chainalysis, a blockchain data and software service provider.

“A lot of people think about crypto as this digital platform, which is certainly true. But we also know that there are almost 35,000 Bitcoin ATMs located in grocery stores and gas stations all across the United States—something that these agencies need to be staying ahead of,” says Faley.

Guest: Kat Faley, director of state and local government, Chainalysis

Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for StateScoop and underwritten by Chainalysis.

Why state and local agencies need to prepare for cryptocurrencies

On this week’s Priorities podcast, two election experts — Ted Allen, a professor at Ohio State University, and Victoria Bassetti, senior adviser at States United Democracy Center — join us to discuss voting as we head into the 2024 election season. With the U.S. 2024 presidential election 8 months away, this episode addresses how state and local governments are preparing for the upcoming election in their states, including election security, voting administration and recent legislation that’s had an impact on election officials and poll workers nationwide.

Priorities Special Episode — Elections

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Amanda Stange at Google Cloud Next '24

Rich Lavers at Google Cloud Next '24

NJ CISO Michael Geraghty at Google Cloud Next '24

Covered CA's Karen Johnson at Next '24

UC Riverside's Matt Gunkel  at Next '24

Okta Public Sector CTO and former FBI executive Christine Halvorsen joins Okta Principal Solutions Engineer Pam Vanmeter in a new podcast discussion on how modern Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) platforms help state and local agencies lower costs and improve customer experience and security. The podcast is hosted by Scoop News Group's Wyatt Kash and sponsored by Okta.

Centralized identity management: Okta's Christine Halvorsen and Pam Van Meter

Pokey Harris, executive director of the North Carolina 911 Board, says the redundancy built into the state's next-generation 911 system helped the state withstand outages during a major hurricane last year.

'Friends' helped North Carolina 911's call centers withstand Hurricane Helene

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