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For immediate release: July 23, 2002
Contact: Beth Roszman
NASCIO Publishes Report on IT Security with PwC Endowment
(Lexington, KY) - NASCIO, representing chief information officers
of the states, has prepared a report on IT security. The report,
titled "Public-Sector Information Security: A Call to Action for
Public-Sector CIOs," was written for NASCIO by Don Heiman, former
Chief Information Technology Officer for the State of Kansas, as
part of a grant from the PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the
Business of Government.
"NASCIO is pleased to have been able to prepare this report with
the support of the PwC Endowment," said Rock Regan, CIO for the
State of Connecticut and President of NASCIO. "State CIOs have a
lot of experience and expertise to offer on this issue. In fact,
as leading implementers of IT and IT-related governance solutions,
state CIOs need to be convenors of efforts to protect critical information
assets. This document is a great starting point for any public-sector
CIO who recognizes that IT security is not just a question of technologies
and processes, but part of a larger enterprise philosophy that builds
security into the way we do business."
The report contains 10 recommendations for action addressing management,
technology, and homeland security elements of public-sector IT security.
"We can't honestly say everything has changed since September 11th
unless we really look inside ourselves and make security more than
just a narrow professional discipline, but a way of life. This report
offers a roadmap toward deep-seated IT security in the public sector,"
said Heiman, whose state was widely regarded as a national leader
in digital government and implementation during his tenure as CIO.
The report came out of a November 2001 forum for CIOs held in Washington,
DC. Presentations from the forum and a NASCIO version of the report
can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.nascio.org/2001/11/securityforum011113-14.cfm.
NASCIO (http://www.nascio.org) is the National Association of
State Chief Information Officers and represents the state chief
information officers from the 50 states, six U.S. territories and
the District of Columbia. Other IT officials participate as associate
members and private sector representatives may become corporate
members. The mission of the association is to shape national IT
policy through collaborative partnerships, information sharing and
knowledge transfer across jurisdictional and functional boundaries.
The PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government
(http://endowment.pwcglobal.com) is one of the ways PricewaterhouseCoopers
seeks to advance knowledge on how to improve public sector effectiveness.
The Endowment focuses on the future of the operation and management
of the public sector through grants for research and thought leadership
forums.
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For more information contact Chris Dixon at 859-514-9148 or Matt
Trail at 859-514-9212.
Association Management Resources, Inc. (AMR) provides NASCIO's executive
staff. For more information visit the AMR website at www.amrinc.net.
