How the State of Vermont Lowers its IT Risk with Risk Dashboarding

You can’t protect what you can’t see. That’s why the Center for Internet Security, NIST’s Risk Management Framework, and countless other leading cybersecurity authorities highlight the pivotal role of visibility in protecting organizations against cyber risk. But public sector organizations’ varied use of technologies, budgets and spheres of ownership can make measuring and lowering cyber risk particularly challenging.

The State of Vermont is tackling its IT risk with risk management dashboards that provide a comprehensive view of cyber risk across all departments in real time. The state’s risk mitigation initiatives have enabled state technology leaders to prioritize risk mitigation department-by-department and remediate the most critical risk factors, without having to log in and out of multiple tools.

Join Government Technology and the state IT leaders who oversaw Vermont’s risk dashboard adoption process to discover tips for other states, cities or counties on using risk dashboarding to lower IT risk.

You’ll Learn:

• How Vermont implemented a risk dashboard and the benefits the state has seen as a result
• The best practices for mitigating IT risk across different teams and departments
• The next best steps for public sector agencies looking to utilize risk dashboarding