Damian Oravez, the former cyber chief of Philadelphia International Airport, said he's in "listening mode" as the city's newest CISO.

Andy Hanks has vacated Montana's CISO seat to take a new cybersecurity advisor role with the Center for Internet Security.

With five new tech leads and a new digital experience office, Maryland's IT chief said she hopes to bring focus to the state's transformation efforts.

Torry Crass, the CISO of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, replaces Rob Main who retired as chief risk officer last year.

John Israel, a longtime Minnesota cyber official, had been serving as interim chief information security officer since last October.

As federal cybersecurity grants arrive, most states are opting to share services and capabilities with local governments, rather than issue sub-grants.

The chief cyber officers of Louisiana and New York explained the difference between their jobs and a chief information security officer's.

Rob Main, who retired last year, said that over his 25-year state government career, cyber went from "the end of the table to front and center."

Steve Hodges, an IT security manager at the Georgia Department of Revenue, was named as the state's new chief information security officer.

Allen, who had served as Georgia's statewide CISO since 2019, stepped down earlier this month for a private sector job.