In Rhode Island, for example, Brian Tardiff officially became state CIO as well as its chief digital officer earlier this year, but he's actively looking for someone to step into the CISO role that he previously held. (He's currently handling those duties in an interim capacity.)
Many other states are adding to their technology leadership teams with experts in privacy, who can lend some organizational support to both internal and public-facing privacy work. In New Hampshire, CIO Denis Goulet is playing that role for now, but he’s waiting for final legislative approval to hire a chief privacy officer (CPO).
“When I go to the Legislature, I can talk about cybersecurity. I have a program, I know what we’re doing,” Goulet said. But where privacy is concerned, there’s more work to do.
Here, he outlines what will comprise the CPO’s agenda and the work he’s doing in the meantime to spread the word about the importance of privacy.
