TechForce Cyber’s Post

I have always liked the story of John Shook, the first American manager to work for Toyota in Japan. What he discovered, was not a group of managers telling people what to think or how to perform their work, instead, he experienced the deliberate practice of experimentation. Toyota had developed a set of behaviors that advocated continuous learning and adaptation to new circumstances. I’ve tried to mirror this practice with my teams, pushing them to think outside the box, learn more, and continue to “sharpen the saw.” Today, I would like to acknowledge one of my team members for exemplifying these traits.   Congratulations, Lucas Pippenger! Lucas received the Pioneer Award for Excellence in Innovation at the 2023 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Public Service. Lucas has been a trailblazer in transforming how the state responds to cyberthreats as well as his work with cyberthreat intelligence. His drive to learn more, grow, and strive for excellence, are real examples of what can be achieved when we push to be our best. #sharpenthesaw #publicservice #threatintelligence #threathunting #northdakota #leadershipdevelopment

Did you know that staff, board members, and even volunteers can be held liable in the event of a cyber breach? We’ll talk about this and more with our esteemed panelists amd speakers at #TECHpalooza 2024!

Well done to everyone selected

Truly an awesome day. I am so honored to receive this award. Hats off to the team for getting me to the award ceremony with no idea that I was going to be accepting one. It is awesome to be acknowledged in the work I and so many others do in the continuing drive towards cybersecurity excellence. The truth is I am just a small wheel in the cog and I have to give props to everyone on my team for going through the ups and downs and the continued drive to never say good enough and always be looking for how we can do better and what is next. They are truly innovators and visionaries in how we can continue to grow. They are always willing to take the leap to get to that next step to get to the next level. A big thanks goes to the whole of the security department as well from leadership all the way to the interns. This is a group of people that live and breath security and truly want to make North Dakota, the US, and the world a better and more secure place. We never stop learning and never stop understanding. They are doing amazing work every day to protect so many aspects of what makes everything run and operate. I want to also call out leadership in asking the hard questions and helping to guide and grow the knowledge and understanding of everyone on the team. NDIT as a whole is full of some of the smartest most innovative and helpful people I know. The number of times that an idea started with what I thought was a stupid question, but asked anyway, and had people sit down and discuss and work through and help build understanding and options is something you don't get everywhere. NDIT truly is changing the world sometimes in small ways sometimes in big ways but always for the better and they have the people and passion to do it. There are so many more I could go through, other states, people in other states, amazing trainers and educators. But this post is long enough. The only piece of advice I have for other security professionals is. "Push Buttons...If it breaks or fails figure out how to fix it or roll it back and push the buttons again"

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We can't wait for this years' Talk to the Board, 8 November where CISOs get to question a panel of Board Directors on risk, business, technology, AI.... Its always a fascinating reciprocal conversation and gives CISOs a rare and valuable non-security perspective from the Board. Register here www.talktotheboard.com #CISO360 #TalktotheBoard #securityleadership

Our data is harvested, bought, sold, used, and misused every day. However, while privacy remains a concern, this data can provide a new level of visibility into defensive and offensive cyber problem sets faced by our military. Reach out to Jared Dible to schedule a ShadowView demo at #TechNetAugusta to witness the impact these data sets can provide when aggregated, correlated, and analyzed properly. #AFCEA #TechNetAugusta #ShadowView #Cyber

Hear from our CEO Dan Wachtler during his discussion with Dark Rhino Security, on how he defines success. How do you define success? Let us know in the comments! #Darklight #cybersecurity #successmindset #techtalk #darkrhinosecurity

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