{"id":190323,"date":"2026-02-24T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/govramp-makes-new-cyber-hire-as-state-participation-grows\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:30:10","slug":"govramp-makes-new-cyber-hire-as-state-participation-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/govramp-makes-new-cyber-hire-as-state-participation-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"GovRAMP Makes New Cyber Hire as State Participation Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"

GovRAMP Makes New Cyber Hire as State Participation Grows<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-24 16:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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GovRAMP has added a new position to its ranks, hiring Jennifer Pittman-Leeper as its first-ever field CISO, a role in which she will be providing cyber advice to vendors who work with cities and states.GovRAMP is a nonprofit organization that, among other things, offers vendors risk management assessments for state and local government. Pittman-Leeper\u2019s hire comes this month as the organization continues to expand, having added North Carolina to the states it works with, a list that now includes more than half the country.Pittman-Leeper is a veteran of Arizona IT and most recently served there as enterprise cybersecurity program manager from 2018 through 2021, before jumping to the private sector. She said that because she has walked in the shoes of public-sector cyber leaders, she can better translate public-sector needs to cloud providers working through certification. \u201cI\u2019ve had a unique role. Arizona was one of the states that helped bring [the organization] into being. I was at the state when that was happening, so I\u2019ve seen it from that perspective,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I went into private sector, I helped the company I was with onboard and understand the value of GovRAMP.\u201dThe nonprofit was founded in 2020 as StateRAMP and began providing cloud vendors with risk management assessments in August 2021. Five years later, more than half of U.S. states now participate, along with local governments and higher education institutions, among others.As an intermediary for cloud vendors and public-sector partners, Pittman-Leeper said the organization aims to reduce duplication and better align certification processes. Stakeholders approach certification in different ways, but duplicative processes and practices can cause \u201cstarts and stops.\u201d Vendors and clients often respond to separate requests from procurement, security, legal and other personnel that touch technology purchases.Less duplication means moving faster, she said. A streamlined process that allows everyone to use the same information \u2014 from the vendor, from the state \u2014 will be more efficient for everyone. With clarity and consistency, she said, \u201cthe sky\u2019s the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rae D. DeShong is a Texas-based staff writer for Government Technology and a former staff writer for Industry Insider \u2014 Texas. She has worked at The Dallas Morning News and as a community college administrator.<\/p>\n

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