Connecticut’s new CISO is starting with ‘fundamentals’

Connecticut Chief Information Security Officer Gene Meltser became the state’s top information security official last month. He says on StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast that although he’s joining a mature cybersecurity organization, he’s starting with the fundamentals. “I’m planning on starting with fundamentals, essentially ensuring that we’re taking care of the core components of security, things like system hygiene, for example, things like patching, hardening and asset management,” he says. Election security and training for employees are also on his agenda, though he’s mindful of cybersecurity’s potential to impede work. “We’re not here to impose a regime of traffic lights where they cannot proceed to do their jobs,” he says.

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