Alex and Amy talk with new NASCIO President and Tennessee State CIO Stephanie Dedmon about her background, why she wanted to serve as NASCIO President, what she thinks are the most pressing issues for her colleagues, her plans for the program year, top priorities in TN and the best advice she's ever received. 

Amy and Alex are joined by Meredith Ward, NASCIO Director of Policy and Research and Srini Subramanian, Deloitte Principal, who are the co-authors of the new 2022 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study.

Learn the big takeaways from the latest report, biggest surprises and trends. Stick around to find out how their knowledge of cybersecurity has influenced their personal lives and what music they have on repeat right now.

Alex and Amy talk with CISA's Cameron Dixon about the dot gov domain, why it's important for governments to have it, recent updates to the program and how states can encourage local governments to adopt dot gov. 

Here is a link to the blog post mentioned in the episode: https://home.dotgov.gov/updates/2022/9/14/making-infrastructure-less-invisible/

It's National Podcast Day! Amy talks with Alex about The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program that came out earlier this month and what states need to know about it. 

Resources:

• Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (the full NOFO can be found under the "related documents" tab)
• SLCGP Overview
• SLCGP FAQs
• SLCGP Fact Sheet

The NASCIO 2022 Annual Conference in Louisville is right around the corner, and NASCIO's Program and Brand Director, Emily Lane is back to give us the full rundown of programming, the thinking behind branding this year, our giveback recipient (and give back drinks!) and more.

Registration closes October 3, 2022.

Alex and Amy ask the NASCIO staff about their most frequently asked questions (and answers). Today we are talking about everything from how we choose conference speakers, what the average state IT spend is, how to post on our NASCIO community, how many states have cyber insurance and MORE!

Here's the 2017 CLC video on what to expect at a NASCIO Conference that was mentioned in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1lVGo5ywPM

Alex and Amy talk with FirstNet's Director of Legislative Affairs, Tom Shull about some of FirstNet's accomplishments over their first decade, some background on the platform,  what they are looking for in a new executive director and possible reauthorization from Congress.

Learn more here:  https://www.firstnet.com/

Check out the FirstNet podcast here:  https://firstnet.gov/newsroom/podcast

Alex and Amy talk with New York state CIO Tony Riddick about how his time in Iraq and hurricane response in the Virgin Islands shaped his philosophy as a CIO, the new Joint Security Operations Center in Brooklyn, how New York is preparing for the cybersecurity grant, and what the new work from home expectation of employees means for New York state government.

Alex and Amy talk with Pokey Harris, Executive Director of the North Carolina 911 Board about North Carolina's next generation 911 project which won a NASCIO award in 2021. We hear all about why the change was needed, how it works, funding, lessons learned, and the power of a good group selfie!

Project: https://it.nc.gov/about/boards-commissions/nc-911-board/next-generation-911

NASCIO Award Submission: https://www.nascio.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NG911-NASCIO-Nomination-2021-enterprise-IT-management.pdf

Alex and Amy talk with Karen Sorady, former NY state CISO and Vice President of Multi State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Member Engagement at the Center for Internet Security. She talks all about the work MS-ISAC is doing and the publication she wrote recently on how states can prepare for the cybersecurity grant program. We also find out what she's reading this summer!

You can find the paper we mentioned in the episode here: https://learn.cisecurity.org/8-Ways-to-Prepare-for-Cybersecurity-Grant-Funding