Match Game: Cybersecurity in Acquisition

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A state CIO and CISO go head-to-head as contestants on NASCIO Match Game. Contestants try to match answers with the celebrity panel – authors of the recently released publication, Buyer Be Aware: Integrating Cybersecurity into the Acquisition Process by NASCIO, NASPO and CIS.
Session provides recommendations on how to integrate cybersecurity into the acquisition process, while having some laughs along the way.

Session from the NASCIO 2021 Midyear Conference.

Speakers: Ervan Rodgers, CIO & Assistant Director, Ohio | Jim Weaver, Secretary & CIO, North Carolina | Maria Thompson, State Chief Risk Officer, North Carolina | Matt Oyer, Deputy Chief Learning Officer, NASPO | Meredith Ward, Director of Policy & Research, NASCIO | Mike Garcia, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity, Center for Internet Security

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Buyer Be Aware: Integrating Cybersecurity into the Acquisition Process

An Introduction to the National Information Exchange Model

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This presentation provides an overview of NIEM, the motivation behind the creation of it, the domains of government that are included, and the benefits that can be gained by employing it.

Katherine Escobar, Managing Director for the NIEM Program Management Office, provides an introduction to NIEM including the challenges facing state, local, territorial and tribal governments in sharing information across government lines of business.

NASCIO has a long history supporting the NIEM initiative.  This is a revisit of the benefits of NIEM and how to get started.

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Additional information about NIEM is available on the following websites:

  • The NIEM website
  • “What is NIEM” – An introduction to NIEM–a common vocabulary that enables efficient information exchange across diverse public and private organizations.
  • NASCIO NIEM resources – For additional NASCIO resources related to NIEM, search on the term “NIEM” using our search tool
  • “In Hot Pursuit – Achieving Interoperability Through XML”  Part 1 and Part 2 – this video references XML but NIEM is much more than a set of XML schemas.  

 

2021 Technology Forecast: Agility, Resiliency, and Uncertainty

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This popular, annual webinar, presented by CompTIA-PTI and NASCIO, provides an overview of the pressing technology issues that will be impacting state and local governments for the coming year.

Doug Robinson, Executive Director, NASCIO, and Alan Shark, Executive Director, PTI will share their views of the technology landscape based on recent research activities and conversations with state and local government technology leaders.

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The Intersection of Workforce, Innovation and the Cloud – The Opportunities, Challenges and Lessons Learned

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“Innovation and Transformation through Technology” has arrived on the list of State CIO Top 10 Priorities for 2020. “Cloud Services” continues to make a strong showing in the top three. We are in a new era when most people are working remote which requires new methods for communicating and leading. The current circumstances related to COVID19 bring with them unprecedented challenges that have given rise to rapid adoption of new ways to do work, new kinds of work, new skills, and new ways to manage and enable the state workforce. Learn how state CIOs are introducing new perspectives and initiatives to prepare for these changes that are ushering in a new state CIO operating model requiring new skills, knowledge and experiences. Learn how CIOs are purposeful in their communications and engagement with state employees in their organization in order to fulfill the changing mission of the state CIO.

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The State CIO Operating Model: Leveraging the Power of the Four Forces

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This paper is the next in our NASCIO series “CIO as Broker.”  We delve further into the dynamics of the Four Forces that form the foundation for the Government Change Framework developed by Integris Applied.

These Four Forces greatly influence what the state CIO develops in the way of business and technologies strategies which are represented in the annual state CIO Top Ten priority strategies, policy issues and management processes.  The Four Forces actually have a bidirectional nature in that the state CIO will also leverage these Four Forces in developing approaches for achieving positive citizen outcomes.  The particular actions that any state CIO actually takes depend on the state CIO strategy being pursued and the specific dynamics of the Four Forces that exist within a particular state government.

We provide two examples or cast studies using two of the 2020 Top Ten priorities.  These include priority #2 – digital government and priority #5 – customer relationship management.

Accompanying this report is a webcast of a discussion of these concepts with two state CIOs.  Mike Leahy, CIO for the State of Maryland, and Todd Kimbriel, former CIO for the State of Texas.

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This webcast presents a discussion of how our state CIO panelists have addressed the business and technology challenges during COVID-19. The discussion includes strategies that recognize and leverage the Four Forces of Government Change Management. Join us to hear valuable insights presented by these state policy leaders as state government continues to address the current COVID-19 epidemic and plans to move forward to be prepared for post-COVID-19. Hosted by Eric Sweden, Program Director, Enterprise Architecture & Governance, NASCIO and facilitated by Patrick Moore, Managing Director, Integris Applied, Inc.

 

The Path Forward: Life and Work After COVID-19

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Session from the NASCIO 2020 Midyear Webcast Series

Panel: Mike Hussey, CIO, UT | Calvin Rhodes, CIO, GA | Ervan Rodgers, CIO, OH | Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

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Not Business as Usual: Technology and Process Innovations

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Session from the NASCIO 2020 Midyear Webcast Series

Panel: Michael Leahy, CIO, MD | Nelson Moe, CIO, VA | Ed Toner, CIO, NE | Jeff Wann, CIO, MO

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Stronger Together: State & Local Cybersecurity Collaboration

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Session from the NASCIO 2020 Midyear Webcast Series

Panel: Maria Thompson, State Chief Risk Officer, NC | Randy Cress, CIO, Rowan County, NC | Maggie Brunner, Program Director, National Governors Association (NGA) | Meredith Ward, Director of Policy & Research, NASCIO

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The State CIO Experience: Perspectives on COVID-19

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Session from the NASCIO 2020 Midyear Webcast Series

Panel: Stephanie Dedmon, CIO, TN | Jim Weaver, CIO, WA | Curtis Wood, CIO, MA

(includes welcome remarks by NASCIO President Denis Goulet, Commissioner, New Hampshire)

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Technology Forecast 2020: What State and Local Government Technology Officials Can Expect (webinar)

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This popular, annual webinar, presented by PTI and NASCIO, provides an overview of the pressing technology issues that will be impacting state and local governments for the coming year.

Doug Robinson, Executive Director, NASCIO, and Alan Shark, Executive Director, PTI will share their views of the technology landscape based on recent research activities and conversations with state and local government technology leaders.

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