In this conversation, Stephanie Williams-Hayes, Chief Information Security Officer at the Virginia State Police, and Ervin McBride IV, Associate CCISO, unpack one of the most persistent misconceptions in cybersecurity: that technology alone can secure modern systems.
Drawing on frontline public-sector experience, they explore why cybersecurity must be understood as a continuous journey rather than a fixed destination, and why the most advanced tools still fail without the right culture, education, and collaboration behind them.
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