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Ralph Johnson
Washington State Chief Information Security Officer Ralph Johnson rests between sessions at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers midyear conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 1, 2023. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Washington state CISO announces retirement from government

After decades working for county and state governments, Ralph Johnson has announced he'll pursue work advising the public sector on matters of cybersecurity.
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House hearing with state CIOs
Tennessee Chief Information Officer Kristin Darby, New York State Director of Security and Intelligence Colin Ahern, Florida CIO Warren Sponholtz and Samir Jain, vice president of policy at the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology, are sworn in before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection on May 21, 2026. (Homeland Security Committee Events / YouTube)

State IT officials make a case for cyber grant reauthorization before House subcommittee

"We are being asked to manage nation-state risks while our federal partners step back,” Colin Ahern, New York State’s director of security and intelligence, told House lawmakers.
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