Massachusetts CIO Curtis Wood said he's retiring from state government after a career with the commonwealth that began in 1975.

The annual grant program will cover cybersecurity training for 57,000 municipal and public-school workers around the commonwealth.

"We need to make sure our political leadership at the local level understands this, too," commonwealth CIO Curtis Wood said during an RSA Conference panel.

As state agencies face urgent needs during their responses to COVID-19, IT leaders see an opportunity to evangelize for their trade.

The state's Executive Office of Technology Services and Security will see a change in leadership next month.