Fix officially stepped into her role July 28. Reporting directly to state CISO Bernice Russell-Bond, she oversees the North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s (NCDIT) security operations and risk management teams, and serves as the secondary cybersecurity incident response coordinator across government systems. Fix comes from RTI International, where she spent more than two decades, most recently serving as its director of security risk and compliance for nearly four years.
Wewer, who started May 27, now leads the state Office of Privacy and Data Protection, also under Russell-Bond. The office oversees North Carolina’s privacy program, shaping policy, creating training, providing guidance and supporting state agencies in protecting data. The new CPO brings more than a decade of experience as global privacy officer, also at RTI International, and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science along with a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law.
NCDIT External Communications Manager Lisa Crawley highlighted how these leadership roles align with the department’s broader goals, noting via email that a key objective is to “establish relationships with local governments to serve as a resource” and that “ensuring the security and privacy of the state’s IT systems, state data and other technology assets remains one of their agency’s top priorities.”
Crawley also stressed the need to stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape, calling for “a comprehensive whole-of-state approach to cybersecurity.” The expanding use of AI, she said, brings new privacy challenges that must be managed along with the benefits the technology has to offer, as the state moves forward with implementations.
