Security and risk management is the top priority for state CIOs in 2018.1 As state and local governments transform their IT environment and workforce, they’re finding that the right security approach is critical to their success. Moving systems to the cloud, introducing mobile devices into the workforce, investing in smart city projects and undergoing other modernization efforts can introduce risk if agencies can’t sufficiently protect their data.

According to a recent survey, 92 percent of government respondents will use sensitive data in an advanced technology within the year, yet 96 percent consider themselves “vulnerable".