VT's Chief Information Security Officer Reporting for Duty

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Came across this interview this morning with Vermont's Chief Information Security Officer Kris Rowley. It's interesting — not that Vermont has a chief information security officer, but that she's only been on the job for seven months. According to Rowley, "[Information] security in the state of Vermont is very young right now."  

Really? That's surprising, considering that Norwich University is on the cutting edge of cyber-warfare defense and digital security for the U.S. military and intelligence communities. Perhaps state government is finally catching up to its own private (educational) sector. Just wish Rowley didn't drop the word "stovepipe" so often. Makes it sound like our wood stoves are at risk from global terrorists. 

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[Kris Rowley]

Funny you should mention Norwich University....I have two BS degrees and an MS in Information Assurance from there.
When I said that information security is young here in VT, I was speaking in reference to an information assurance perspective. This is a more formalized, systemized approach to security. Since the field of IA is, itself, very new, this approach is also new to the State. So, I am, in essence, delivering what you said in your blog, "considering that Norwich University is on the cutting edge of cyber-warfare defense and digital security for the U.S. military and intelligence communities."

You could put out the word about the Information Security web site: http://itsecurity.vermont.gov/, which is targeted toward the citizens of the state. This is also part of the IA approach to information security. Educating everyone about cyber security is part of the process.