Overview

October 21

As cloud adoption in state and local government accelerates, ensuring the security of your cloud environment is more crucial than ever. This webinar brings together industry leaders from AWS and Arctic Wolf to provide essential insights and strategies to strengthen both your cloud security and your organization's overall cyber awareness.

You’ll discover how to fortify your cloud security while embedding robust security practices into your organization’s culture.

Here's what’s in store:

2025 Cloud Trends Forecast: Get ahead of the curve with an understanding of the key cloud challenges for state and local governments in the coming year and actionable strategies to prepare.
Practical Cloud Security Strategies: Whether you're just starting with the cloud or already managing complex systems, learn practical steps to boost your security posture effectively.
Insights from Industry Leaders: Gain frontline knowledge from experts about current trends, evolving challenges, and essential practices for navigating the rapidly changing cloud landscape.

Speakers

Sara Kingsley

Senior Director, Product Marketing, Arctic Wolf

With over a decade of Product Marketing experience, Sara spent the past nine years focused on products designed for Security Operations Centers and teams. Her infectious energy and deeply collaborative approach help her build high-functioning and flexible product marketing teams at LogRhythm, Securonix and Veeam. Previously, as the Director of Product Marketing at Securonix, Sara helped the business drive past the $100M ARR with a $1B evaluation in 2022. In her free time, she enjoys hiking near her home in Boulder, Colorado, and various TV and movies. Marketing isn’t the only art form she is actively involved with. Sara is a stained glass artist.

Andy Rivers

Executive Security Advisor, AWS

Andy is an Executive Security Advisor with AWS Public Sector, where he specializes in supporting state, local government, and higher education customers. Prior to joining AWS, Andy served as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Cloud Architect for the State of Tennessee, leading the state's cloud adoption and application migration initiatives. He has extensive experience in IT service management and cybersecurity, and presented on Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) best practices at the AWS re:Invent conference. At AWS, Andy works with security and technology leaders to enable secure, compliant cloud transformations, helping customers develop holistic security strategies and leverage the cloud in solving their toughest security challenges.

Dan Lohrmann — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Daniel J. Lohrmann is an internationally recognized cybersecurity leader, technologist, keynote speaker and author. He led Michigan government’s cybersecurity and technology infrastructure teams from May 2002 to August 2014, including as enterprise-wide chief security officer (CSO), chief technology officer (CTO) and chief information security officer (CISO). During his distinguished career, he has served both the public and private sectors in a variety of executive leadership capacities including advising senior leaders at the White House, National Governors Association (NGA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Throughout his career he has received numerous national awards including CSO of the Year, Public Official of the Year and Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader.

Webinar

Building a Cyber-Aware Culture: Cloud Security and 2025 Trends for State and Local Governments