The Public Sector Show by TechTables Interview with Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado
Jan 10, 2023
46:56
Featuring Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado
Summary
Ray Yepes, CISO of Colorado, believes a centralized IT infrastructure model is most beneficial for security, economics, personnel resources, scalability, and disaster recovery. It provides better control, cost savings, and fewer people needed to manage the infrastructure, as well as increased scalability, better risk mitigation, and continuity of operations.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Centralized vs Decentralized Cybersecurity
4:29 - Adjusting from serving as CISO at the DPSS agency with Texas' shared services model to serving as State CISO in Colorado's Centralized model
6:05 - Cyber insurance
11:29 - Self-Insured Model in Colorado
13:54 - "No Government Will Be Left Behind"
15:03 - Partnership & Collaboration with the State
17:25 - What states are most similar to Colorado
20:10 - Cyber Threats
22:36 - Dark web & Threat Intelligence
29:01 - Hiring Cyber Talent
36:15 - Culture
39:45 - "Live with the heart"
45:40 - Outro
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Summary
Ray Yepes, CISO of Colorado, believes a centralized IT infrastructure model is most beneficial for security, economics, personnel resources, scalability, and disaster recovery. It provides better control, cost savings, and fewer people needed to manage the infrastructure, as well as increased scalability, better risk mitigation, and continuity of operations.
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Centralized vs Decentralized Cybersecurity
4:29 - Adjusting from serving as CISO at the DPSS agency with Texas' shared services model to serving as State CISO in Colorado's Centralized model
6:05 - Cyber insurance
11:29 - Self-Insured Model in Colorado
13:54 - "No Government Will Be Left Behind"
15:03 - Partnership & Collaboration with the State
17:25 - What states are most similar to Colorado
20:10 - Cyber Threats
22:36 - Dark web & Threat Intelligence
29:01 - Hiring Cyber Talent
36:15 - Culture
39:45 - "Live with the heart"
45:40 - Outro
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Freebie: Sign up for the 5-Day Mini Series "Behind the Mic: Insights From My First 100 CIO & Tech Leader Interviews." Over the next five days, I’ll reach out to drop insights and lessons from podcasts you might have missed across the public sector.
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Whenever you're ready, here are 5 ways I can help you:
→ Newsletter - subscribe for free.
→ Podcast Sponsorship - Pre-roll sold out for 2023. Mid-roll and post-roll available. Email joe@techtables.com
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