Doug Novak, a three-decade veteran in the state cybersecurity space, has announced that he will retire from public service at the end of the month. Novak had been serving as the acting state CISO following the departure of Vitaliy Panych in July.
City officials have received no formal data center applications, but reports of a potential project exceeding 50 megawatts prompted Mayor Kevin McCarty to call for advance planning.
Self-contained, mobile data centers are changing the dynamics of heavy computing capabilities in some of the most remote places on Earth. The technology, already used by some California state agencies, was on display this week in Sacramento.
City officials say police will discontinue the Flock system while continuing to use other license plate-reading cameras amid privacy and data-security concerns.
Chris Given has been state CIO and director of the California Department of Technology for just more than 130 days. He shared his thoughts on CDT's future, the mission to cement foundational initiatives and where the private sector should be paying attention.
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