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Erik Avakian, a former US State CISO, joins ISF CEO Steve Durbin to discuss the ever-evolving role of CISOs, emphasising their need to be business partners rather than just gatekeepers. Erik highlights the challenges of navigating change in the public sector and stresses the importance of building a resilient security foundation that transcends political shifts.
Today, Steve is speaking with Erik Avakian, who served as CISO for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States for more than twelve years before moving into the private sector, where he currently works as the technical counselor at Info-Tech Research Group. Erik brings his passion and experience to a lively conversation in which he and Steve discuss coping with change through ...
Oct 24, 2022 · October 24, 2022 •. Jule Pattison-Gordon. With a state CISO career stretching 12.5 years and three administrations, Pennsylvania’s Erik Avakian has had a remarkably long tenure. He spoke with ...
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About Erik Avakian Erik Avakian is former state chief information security officer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Erik has over 22 years enterprise experience in security and program management, strategy, service delivery, relationship management, cross-collaboration, program execution, and leading and mentoring teams.
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Oct 6, 2021 · But ensuing years introduced new motivations, and the 2010s saw cyber criminals increasingly realize their vast potential to make money, Pennsylvania CISO Erik Avakian told GovTech. Hackers in the mid-2000s and early 2010s used botnets to power massive pharmacy spam campaigns that tried to sell recipients what were often counterfeit or illicit goods, according to Sophos.
