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Overview of GAO - Marisol Cruz Cain, Director IT & Cybersecurity, Government Accountability Office

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  • Session
  • Wednesday, 08 March 2023
  • 11:45
  • Duration: 13 mins
  • Publication date: 09 Mar 2023
  • Location: Conference, L'Auberge Hotel & Casino, Baton rouge, United States
  • Part of event CIPRNA 2023

About the session

Power & Energy Sector Symposium

The energy sector has become the most critical of sectors. Without power, driven by oil, gas and renewable energies, all other CI stops. Recent cyber attacks on the energy sector, as well as natural hazards, from hurricanes in the Gulf to fires in California, gives much room for thought on how we best protect our most vital assets, including IT/OT and SCADA systems. How can we mitigate the impact of an attack or outage on the wider community and society.

Marisol Cruz Cain, Director IT & Cybersecurity, Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Keywords:
  • AI challenges
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America
  • climate change
  • emerging threat against CI
  • latest challenges with cyber attacks
  • terrorism activities

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  • Marisol Cruz Cain

    Marisol Cruz Cain

    DIRECTOR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY TEAM

    Marisol Cruz Cain is a Director in GAO’s Information and Cybersecurity team. She oversees work on federal cybersecurity and privacy issues, including specific agencies’ ability to protect privacy, sensitive data, and the computing infrastructure. She has led audits on government-wide cybersecurity, privacy, and information management issues, including reviews of the efficiency of federal privacy programs, the implementation of cybersecurity risk management practices, and the transition to electronic records. She has also led reviews of cybersecurity and IT management/operations at specific agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Federal Student Aid. Marisol graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, University at Albany with a master’s degree in public administration concentrating in information policy, and University of Maryland University College with a master’s in information assurance. Marisol also holds many professional certifications, including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), CIPP/G, and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certificate.
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