Los Angeles County Chief Information Security Officer Robert Pittman is one of eight winners of the sixth-annual Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards, announced by the Center for Digital Government on Thursday.
In Los Angeles County, CISO Pittman guided the county’s cybersecurity program since its inception in the 1990s — a program that adopted a model called Triangle Defense (TD) that is analogous to the Triangle Offense as designed by the National Basketball Association’s legendary Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson. Pittman said that TD is a model that facilitates and promotes collaboration, communication, coordination and conflict resolution, and that supports IT security policies.
“The county’s information security program … is constantly evolving where numerous technologies are always being [sought out],” he said, “including developing and/or recruiting security talent to assist in promoting a security culture throughout the organization.”
The Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards will be given on Nov. 2 at the FOCUS 16 Security Conference in Las Vegas. The Center for Digital Government is a division of e.Republic, Techwire's parent company.
This story is taken from information published by Government Technology.
