Overview

March 24
12PM PT, 3PM ET

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Cybersecurity teams across the public sector face a shared challenge: legacy workflows that weren’t designed to manage today’s complex and rapidly evolving threat landscape. Traditional approaches require more time, more people, and more resources -- yet still leave critical gaps.

In this upcoming webinar, we’ll explore how government agencies are modernizing and strengthening their security operations. By combining real-time endpoint visibility with intelligent automation, IT and cybersecurity teams can reimagine how they manage assets, prioritize vulnerabilities, and respond to threats.

You’ll hear directly from John Godfrey, CISO of the State of Kansas, who led a transformation of cybersecurity and IT operations across more than 40 state agencies. His team’s shift to automation aligned to enterprise governance frameworks has enabled real-time incident response, accelerated patching, and upgrades, and strengthened audit readiness -- all through smarter automated workflows. 

What You’ll Learn:

  • Why real-time visibility and automation are critical enablers for modern cybersecurity in government
  •  How to rethink legacy workflows to improve speed, visibility, and control
  •  How real-time data and automation can reduce manual overhead while supporting scalable, risk-based response

Speakers

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John Godfrey

Chief Information Security Officer, Kansas Office of Information Technology Services

John Godfrey is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of Kansas, appointed by Governor Laura Kelly in February 2024 to lead the Kansas Information Security Office (KISO). He focuses on implementing statewide cybersecurity strategies, enhancing resilience against threats, and managing AI-related security policies.

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Claire Bailey

Public Sector CIO, Tanium

Claire Bailey is the Public Sector CIO at Tanium, supporting the company’s North America Government business. Her more than 41 years of experience includes driving modernization, security, and transformation initiatives for federal, state and local governments, in both private and public sector leadership roles. Some of her most prominent positions include serving as Chief Technology Officer for the State of Arkansas, and several industry vice president and director roles at Veracode, KWR Strategies, and Compuware, among others. Bailey’s contributions to public service and innovation have earned her honors and recognition from several institutions including the Governor’s Quality Award (Arkansas), Government Technology, StateScoop, and the Arkansas Academy of Computing.

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Morgan Wright — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Morgan is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, national security and intelligence. He currently serves as Chief Security Advisor for SentinelOne, and is the chief technology analyst for several major cable news organizations. Morgan's landmark testimony before Congress on Healthcare.gov changed how the government collected personally identifiable information. Previously Morgan was a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program, the Senior Law Enforcement Advisor for the 2012 Republican National Convention, taught behavioral analysis at the National Security Agency and spent a year teaching the FBI how to conduct internet investigations. In addition to 18 years in state and local law enforcement as a highly decorated state trooper and detective, Morgan has developed solutions in defense, justice and intelligence for the largest technology companies in the world including Cisco, SAIC, Unisys and Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs.

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