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Ralph Johnson, CISO, State of Washington
Doug Cavit, CISO, Snohomish County
Nikhil Gautam, Director, Technology Services, Bremerton School District
Tim Freestone, CMO, Kiteworks
Washington State's strategic approach to zero trust implementation across decentralized agencies and vendor management
How Bremerton School District revolutionized their security architecture to protect sensitive student data across 72 network segments
Snohomish County's comprehensive approach to securing election data through transparency and federal partnerships
Why content-defined zero trust is transforming data protection across state and local government
How public sector leaders balance core security fundamentals with emerging technologies to protect critical data
(02:00) Washington State's Zero Trust Journey & Vendor Accountability Strategy
(07:00) SBOMs: The Red Flag Test for Vendor Security Maturity
(09:00) From 100 to 600 Users: KiteWorks Texas Success Story
(11:00) Zero-Downtime Security Overhauls in Active School Districts
(14:00) Content-Defined Zero Trust: Data Segmentation Across State Agencies
(17:00) Breakthrough Contract: Vendors Pay $50K for Missing Deadlines
(28:00) Smart MFA Rollout: Remote Access First, Enterprise-Wide Next
(31:00) 40% Female Cybersecurity Team & Risk Management Fundamentals
(33:00) "It's the Data, Stupid" - AI Era Security Philosophy
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