He helped deploy the state's first security operations center and built the state's information security division into a 60-person team.

Forming and sustaining partnerships across state, local and education branches of government is a challenge, but well worth the effort, IT leaders say.

The state's chief information security officer says the new system will provide a much more detailed and accurate view of California's IT security risk.

Chief Information Security Officer Peter Liebert reveals how California is rethinking its strategy with the launch of its new Security Operations Center.