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State Cybersecurity Leader - The state leader who demonstrates a passion and focus on keeping systems secure and thinking about security in the big picture of state IT. The StateScoop 50 Awards...
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Oct 24, 2022 · Soft skills are essential to good cybersecurity — a lesson Erik Avakian has learned over the course of his more than 12 years as chief information security officer for the state of Pennsylvania.
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Oct 7, 2022 · Pennsylvania Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Erik Avakian has announced his impending departure from the role in an email announcement forwarded to Government Technology from the...
Oct 7, 2022 · Pennsylvania Chief Information Security Officer Erik Avakian on Friday announced he plans to step down from his role later this month to join the private sector. Avakian has spent the last 16 years with the commonwealth, spending the past 12-and-a-half years as its top cybersecurity official.
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. Throughout his 12 ½-year tenure in a ...
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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.
Oct 22, 2022 · After a long tenure of 12-and-a-half years as state chief information security officer, Pennsylvania’s Erik Avakian signed off Friday to take an undisclosed job in the private sector.
