County Cyber Defense: Advanced Strategies for Government Executives
Available On-Demand
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As costs to address cyber threats and time to remediate them continue to increase over time, a strong defensive strategy has become a top priority to mitigate risk and impact. In this webinar, county leaders will hear about the latest, proactive cyber defense strategies from CAI and LMNTRIX and how these strategies were implemented for Palm Beach County Children’s Service Council.
Attendees will gain insights into overcoming challenges like alert fatigue and threats bypassing existing controls, exploring the sliding scale of cybersecurity and architectural considerations, and how to effectively use a Security Operations Center (SOC).
Key Takeaways
- Discover the latest cybersecurity trends including the key challenges in cyber defense
- Explore the sliding scale of cybersecurity and learn how to better evaluate your agency’s security maturity
- Learn innovative active defense strategies and ways to enhance your cyber resilience
- Hear how a county agency is strengthening their defenses by using a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solution
Speakers
Robert Kurimski
Rex Johnson
Hamlet Khodaverdian
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Public sector AI adoption is caught in a "regulatory paradox": a strong push for rapid innovation occurring alongside a lack of clear roadmaps and regulations for information safety. Data privacy regulations remain in full force.
For government information owners, the burden of responsibility for information governance has landed squarely on your shoulders. To innovate and modernize while keeping your information safe, you need a responsible information governance model that ensures only high-quality, compliant data is available for AI tools.
During this session, we’ll explore the four immediate steps you can take to ensure your agency’s AI adoption is secure, compliant, and trustworthy.
Enforcing information minimization
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The importance of keeping a human in the loop
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In this webinar, we will explore three interconnected priorities: maintaining safe and orderly public meetings, protecting the personal information of public officials and staff, and safeguarding sensitive resident data - including voter-related records - while continuing to meet legal requirements for public access.
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