Cybersecurity & Resilience for State Systems

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Cybersecurity consistently ranks as state CIOs’ top priority in IT. But resilience – the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to cyberattacks and disruptions, ensuring critical services continue despite adversity, and moving beyond prevention to focus on rapid response and continuity of operations when breaches inevitably occur – has not received the same kind of attention. 

A report in November 2024 focusing on states’ efforts on resilience found that 69% of respondents in the state/local/education (SLED) sector acknowledged that cyber resilience is not a whole-organization priority and a majority of IT governance teams didn’t understand what cyber resilience is. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Establish a working definition of resilience for your organization
  • Understand the complementary roles of cybersecurity and resilience in keeping agency systems operational in the event of a cyber attack
  • Evaluate ways to use SIEM and SOAR to strengthen your SOC’s performance

Speaker Details

John Breeden II

Contributing Editor,
FedInsider

John Israel

Assistant Commissioner, CISO,
Minnesota IT Services

Jason Bowen

Statewide Chief Information Security Officer, Information Security Division,
Illinois Dept of Information Technology

Gene Meltser

CISO,
State of Connecticut 

Benjamin Scott

Director, Critical Infrastructure & OT Strategy & Programs – US Public Sector,
Fortinet

Event Topic

Cybersecurity, IT

Relevant Audiences

All State and Local Government, All Federal Government, National Guard, Air Force, Coast Guard, City Government, County Government, Municipalities, State Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, U.S. Agency of International Development, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Postal Service, Veterans Affairs

Other Agency

Office of the President (includes OMB), Other Federal Agencies, Judicial Branch Agencies, Foreign Governments/Agencies
Cybersecurity & Resilience for State Systems
Event Type
Virtual / Online
Event Subtype
Webinar / Webcast
When
Tue, May 19, 2026 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET
Registration Cost
Complimentary
Website
Click here to view event website
Sponsors
Carahsoft Technology Corp.
Organizer