Amy and Matt talk with Utah state CIO Mike Hussey about creating a culture that fosters innovation and emerging technology in state government and how the state is preparing to secure the 2020 elections. 

Amy and Matt interview Maine CIO Fred Brittain about his first year on the job, the differences between state government and the university system, his priorities as CIO,  recent meetings on Capitol Hill, and why you should come to Maine in the winter.

In the first part of the episode, Amy talks with Matt about NASCIO's newly-released federal advocacy priorities. Then Matt and Amy talk with Mary Catherine Ott who is the Legislative Director for Homeland Security and Public Safety for the National Governors Association about how the governors of the states are dealing with cybersecurity issues and NGA priorities around this issue.

You can find NASCIO's advocacy priorities here: https://www.nascio.org/government-affairs.

You can find the joint NGA/NASCIO publication "Stronger Together: State and Local Cybersecurity Collaboration here: https://www.nascio.org/resource-center/resources/stronger-together-state-and-local-cybersecurity-collaboration/

In our first episode of 2020 we interview Texas CIO Todd Kimbriel and Texas CISO Nancy Rainosek about how they handled the 2019 ransomware attacks on municipalities in their state. Todd and Nancy discuss how the state responded, the importance of planning for disasters and their top tips for cyber hygiene.

A week after NASCIO released the 2020 Top Ten Priorities list, Matt and Amy interview NASCIO's Eric Sweden. They discuss the current top ten list, why he doesn't think cybersecurity will ever drop off the list, historic trends and favorite foods for the holidays! You can find the top ten list at https://nascio.org/TopTen. 

In our inaugural episode we interview Eric Boyette who is the newly elected NASCIO president and Secretary and Chief Information Officer for the North Carolina Department of Information Technology. We talk to Eric about his priorities as NASCIO President and state CIO, how his office works with the national guard, election security, and customer relationship management.