Another Cyber Security Awareness Month launched this week in new and exciting ways. The 2014 kick-off event in Nashville, TN, included a large audience full of state government chief information officers (CIOs) and chief information security officers (CISOs) from across the nation. The National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) and Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) joined forces with federal agencies, private sector companies and the National Cyber Security Alliance in an unprecedented joint meeting to highlight the importance of actions to protect data in cyberspace.
The theme this year is: Our Shared Responsibility. Presidential Proclamations, nationwide events, newsletters, public service announcements and more have begun in earnest at businesses and government offices all across the nation.
The keynote speeches, predictions and warnings given on the last day of the NASCIO Annual Conference were eye-catching. Here are some quotes that were highlighted by one local newspaper:
"We've become entrenched in an
ever-escalating battle to secure our systems from a determined and
increasingly capable enemy," Mark Bengel, state chief information
officer, told hundreds of experts gathered in Nashville….
"We will get attacked," said Phyllis
Schneck, deputy under secretary for cybersecurity and communications
within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "You will turn on the
news every morning and see probably another big name (company) assessing
a data breach. It will happen, like having a rainy day."
Later in the morning, a panel discussed the recently released results of the 2014 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study, which surveyed state CISOs. This is the third such report, with previous versions in 2010 and 2012.
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