Driving Progress: Putting the Brakes on Cyber Risks

Steve Towns — Moderator

Director of Content Strategy, Center for Digital Government

Steve Towns is the former editor of Government Technology, and former executive editor for e.Republic Inc., publisher of GOVERNING, Government Technology, Public CIO and Emergency Management magazines. He has more than 20 years of writing and editing experience at newspapers and magazines, including more than 15 years of covering technology in the state and local government market. Steve now serves as the Director of Content Strategy for e.Republic.

Mike Watson — Panelist

Deputy CIO, Virginia Information Technologies Agency

Andy Green — Panelist

Office of Information Security – Virginia Department of Transportation

Andrew Green has over 15 years of work experience at the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), with the last 5 years managing the VDOT Cybersecurity Program as VDOT’s Information Security Officer. Cybersecurity has been a focus area for VDOT over the last several years, including VDOT’s operations technology environment that supports VDOT’s traffic and operations systems. VDOT operates the third largest state-maintained highway system in the country. Prior to VDOT, Mr. Green has worked in several different IT Audit and Compliance roles in the financial sector. Mr. Green has a Masters Degree in Information Technology and holds the CISSP and CISA certifications