Overview

January 21
11AM PT, 2PM ET

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Cyber threats aren't slowing down. Government cybersecurity teams can't afford to either. But with limited staff, expanding digital environments and increasingly sophisticated attacks, keeping pace can feel like an impossible assignment.

The City of Los Angeles knows this challenge well. Protecting critical infrastructure and essential services across more than 40 departments requires constant vigilance, yet the city's cybersecurity team operates with limited resources.

Rather than simply adding more staff or security tools, Los Angeles is taking a different approach. By combining AI-powered threat detection, automated response and managed security services, the city is expanding its security capabilities while reducing the burden on its existing workforce.

In this live webinar, cybersecurity leaders from the City of Los Angeles and SentinelOne will share how the city is rethinking security operations to detect threats earlier, accelerate investigations and give analysts more time to focus on complex security challenges.

We’ll dive into:

  • The strategies Los Angeles uses to protect more than 20,000 endpoints across a complex, decentralized municipal environment.
  • The role of AI and automation in reducing alert fatigue, accelerating investigations and responding to threats faster.
  • How the city expanded its operational capacity without increasing internal headcount.
  • Practical approaches to strengthening cyber resilience, staying ahead of emerging threats and protecting essential public services.

Discover how one of the country’s largest cities is making its cybersecurity workforce more effective and what other government organizations can learn from its approach.

Sign up to claim your seat now! Attendees will be able to receive a complimentary certificate of attendance.

Speakers

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Daniel Clark Lee

Chief Information Security Officer, City of Los Angeles

Daniel Clark Lee is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the City of Los Angeles Information Technology Agency (ITA), where he directs enterprise cybersecurity strategy, infrastructure defense, and modern security architecture for one of the largest cities in the United States. A seasoned technical leader and advocate for Zero Trust and DevSecOps, Daniel previously led the City’s Integrated Security Operations Center (ITA ISOC). Before joining municipal government, he served as Threat and Detection Manager at the NASA Security Operations Center, engineering detection systems to identify Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and collaborating with DHS CISA on national threat intelligence and incident remediation.

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Ron Ringgold

Field CISO, Public Sector, SentinelOne

Ronald Ringgold is a highly accomplished cybersecurity executive and strategic leader with extensive experience across the Federal, State, and Local government sectors, currently serving as the Public Sector Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at SentinelOne. In this role, he acts as a trusted Field CISO, providing high-level strategic consulting on cybersecurity architecture, risk management, and compliance to align security posture with mission objectives. He is a recognized expert in achieving federal cybersecurity compliance, including mandates like FISMA, FedRAMP, EO 14028, and NIST CSF, and uses this expertise to partner with sales teams, driving revenue growth through executive briefings and deep subject matter knowledge. He leverages proficiency in technologies like EDR, SIEM, CNAPP, and Identity Security to formulate customized strategies and deploy cutting-edge solutions for public sector clients.

His distinguished federal career includes serving as the Chief Cybersecurity Architect / Director and Acting CISO at the Department of Commerce (DOC), where he developed and executed the Department-wide cybersecurity strategy. A critical achievement was spearheading the enterprise-wide adoption and multi-year implementation of a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), including directing the deployment of a comprehensive ZT stack integrating technologies such as SentinelOne, Okta, and Cloudflare. He consistently served as a lead FedRAMP and cloud security SME, acting as the Certifying or Authorizing Official for major information systems and providing final risk-based recommendations for Authorization to Operate (ATO) decisions across multiple agencies.

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Amy Tong — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Amy is a proven digital transformation and AI leader with a record of serving in executive leadership roles with two different California governors, an extraordinary achievement for a career civil servant. Most recently as the Senior Counselor to Governor Newsom, and across more than 25 years in state service, she became the Governors’ go-to strategist and leader for the toughest challenges.

In her prior role as California's Secretary of Government Operations, and previously the State Chief Information Officer, Amy led a $67B portfolio and 22,000 employees, driving initiatives that modernized statewide technology, procurement, workforce development, and streamlined processes for infrastructure builds in California. She spearheaded the nation’s first statewide Generative AI policy and implementation in the state, built California’s Cybersecurity Integration Center, and launched the largest broadband middle-mile network in U.S. history.

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