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The Connecticut Education Network (CEN) held its annual member conference at the CT Convention Center in Hartford on May 11, 2023. There were over 600 attendees from the IT, education, municipal, and state sectors as well as a vast array of IT and cybersecurity vendors.
There were 50 workshops, panels, and presentations over five concurrent sessions throughout the day covering topics from municipal cybersecurity breach responses to artificial Intelligence (AI) in education.
CRCOG and the South Central Regional COG (SCRCOG) presented on a panel with Novus Insight, Inc., discussing the importance of a cohesive incident response plans, insurance issues and how COGs can and do facilitate regional sharing of strategies in the cybersecurity arena. Several COGs, including CRCOG, are the fiduciary agencies for their corresponding CT Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security regions and run cyber security task forces comprised of IT managers from their member municipalities.
The annual CEN conference continues to expand in its range of topics, IT (and non-IT) sector representation, and vendor offerings, while growing in attendance and level of participation. As is true with many events in this area, the networking and sharing of ideas and experiences (what works AND what doesn’t) is one of the most valuable parts of the day.
Feel free to contact Erik Snowden, CRCOG IT and GIS Manager, with any questions.
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