Vendor representatives were pleased and reassured Friday when the California Department of Technology laid out its plans to refresh some procurement and security policies, to work more closely with industry and to expand its communications to stakeholders. More than 100 vendors listened to briefings by state CIO Amy Tong; her deputy, Chris Cruz; and the state’s chief information security officer, Peter Liebert, among others.
Techwire has been publishing cybersecurity-related perspectives from several vendors this month, which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Following are responses by Katherine Gronberg, vice president of government affairs for ForeScout Technologies.
Several California Assembly committees met Tuesday to discuss the Equifax Data Breach and its impact on up to 145 million people over a two-month period.
Furthering Techwire's discussion of public- and private-sector cybersecurity, Tony Cole, vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye, expands on the exponential growth of risk and mitigation efforts. Cole also suggests a restructuring of current compliance to align with individual department needs.
California's Department of Education has limited money to spend, but year-end dollars do have some flexibility if a solution fits, CIO Kevin Matsuo said Wednesday at Techwire's Industry Briefing.
As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, California's tech leaders gathered Tuesday to discuss ongoing issues surrounding the state's security. Amy Tong, California's CIO, Marybel Batjer, secretary of Government Operations, Mark Ghilarducci, director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and Christine Miller, CIO of California State University, Sacramento spoke at the beginning of the event, emphasizing collaboration across agencies in the effort to secure the state's interests.
California is still migrating all agencies and departments to a single email and business tool system. So far, 58 of 88 state entities have been migrated to Outlook 365.
Ellen Sundra, a regional vice president for ForeScout Technologies Inc., offers advice on integrating a public-sector network into the cloud. She was interviewed by e.Republic's Steve Towns.
In a simplified RFP document, Alameda County has requested vendor proposals for software developers to design mobile-capable software applications for mental health support.
As it does with most sprints, California Child Welfare Digital Services held a sprint review on Sept. 27. The review discussed the first DesignOps Sprint.
The CalCareers website was relaunched this past spring after a collaborative effort between the state’s Human Resources Department, Cal GovOps and Kiefer Consulting to reconstruct the portal for potential new hires. This is the second new version of the site in two years, and CalHR selected Kiefer Consulting for assistance with the redesign, branding, information architecture, agile development and implementation. According to CalHR and Kiefer, here is what went right.
CalPERS Security Road Map Enterprise Identity System is complete, according to the organization’s Chief Information Officer Report to the Board on Sept. 19.
Continuing its focus on user experience and responsive development, California Child Welfare Digital Services hosted an expert on automated security compliance Monday.
