Welcome to our TechTables' Team Spotlight Series, where we spotlight innovative teams and unpack the human stories behind their digital transformations. This limited 5-part series was live from Tallahassee at the Florida Digital Service earlier this year (2023). This is Part 1 of 5.
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Candace Wynn is the Cyber Community Ops Manager and Warren Sponholtz is the Deputy State CISO at Florida Digital Service. They discuss how Florida is taking steps to improve cybersecurity through grants, incident response, and community building.
Connect with Candace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candacemwynn/
Connect with Warren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warren-sponholtz/
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• About the $30 million Cybersecurity Grant Program to help local communities improve cyber resilience
• How Florida Digital Service acts as a security operations center to help agencies respond faster to cyber incidents
• Why cybersecurity works best as a team sport
• How Candace is connecting Florida’s cyber community through working groups and events
• The key role empathy and relationship-building play in statewide collaboration
• Warren’s perspective on Candace’s strengths in organizing the Cyber Advisory Council
• Advice for CIOs and CISOs looking to develop stronger cyber communities
Timestamps
00:00 - Introducing Warren & Candace
02:30 - Florida’s $30 million cyber grant program
05:00 - Warren on the importance of cyber collaboration
07:26 - Candace’s background before community building
10:35 - Warren highlights Candace's strengths
13:15 - Candace discusses the Cyber Advisory Council
18:00 - Connecting agencies through working groups
22:28 - Building empathy and trust with stakeholders
25:17 - Candace’s statewide outreach to locals
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