Rhode Island Hires First State Cybersecurity Officer
Rhode island’s first ever state cyber security officer
Rhode Island has just hired its first state Cybersecurity officer. Mike Steinmetz will be serving as Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s policy advisor on cyber security. He will also help develop a comprehensive state cybersecurity strategy that will help the state fight back cyber crimes and prevent them.
Steinmetz will also be serving as Rhode Island’s homeland security adviser. He began working on April 17.
Raimondo made this decision as a part of continuing efforts to create economic development and increase innovation. The decision was also made based on the series of 8 different recommendations in a report that was released in 2015 from the cybersecurity commission of Rhode Island.
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