The person who fills the state CISO position will be charged with developing and enforcing risk management practices, incident response coordination, and security governance across executive branch agencies, per the posting. The CISO will work closely with state leadership and external partners to ensure the security of Nevada's digital infrastructure and public data. Recruitment for the position is subject to close depending on the number of applications received, so applicants are encouraged to apply early.
For the Silver State, 2025 was an eventful year in cybersecurity. Following the July creation of a new cybersecurity office intended to centralize strategy, the state sustained a significant cyber event in August. Some data was moved outside of its network during this incident; the recovery process informed an after-action report outlining the incident and the future of the state’s cybersecurity strategy.
This incident and its aftermath helped build support across the state Legislature for a statewide Security Operations Center (SOC), which was unanimously approved during a 2025 special session. CIO Timothy Galluzi previously told Government Technology that the SOC could serve as a “vehicle” with which to support communities in the state that have limited resources.
Creating the SOC is one of the major goals of the Office of Information Security and Cyber Defense (OISCD), an independent division within the Governor’s Technology Office dedicated to monitoring, threat hunting and incident response playbooks. Adam Miller was tapped to lead OISCD last summer, as its deputy director.
His goal as deputy director, Miller said previously, is to bring the federal discipline of multiagency coordination, structured playbooks and after-action reviews to a state environment.
Per the CISO job posting, GTO is looking to fill a Chief IT Manager position, which will serve as the CISO for OISCD.
The state’s former CISO, Bob Dehnhardt, retired on May 2, 2025, prior to OISCD's launch. Deron Dahl was tapped to serve as interim state CISO. A Nevada official did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
