State governments shift from reactive to risk-informed cybersecurity

State and local governments face rising cyber threats, with data breaches costing U.S. organizations $30.4 billion from 2014-2023. Traditional Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are reactive and cannot fully address cyber risks in fragmented environments.

This white paper introduces the Risk Operations Center (ROC), an evolved approach to tackle systemic exposures and enable coordinated risk management. Key insights include:

• How ROCs unify cybersecurity under NASCIO's whole-of-state strategy
• Benefits of risk-informed decision-making over reactive responses
• Frameworks to optimize limited budgets and talent

Transform fragmented security into unified, risk-aligned programs.