{"id":200581,"date":"2026-03-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/nevada-names-retired-army-officer-as-cybersecurity-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:05:11","slug":"nevada-names-retired-army-officer-as-cybersecurity-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/nevada-names-retired-army-officer-as-cybersecurity-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada names retired Army officer as cybersecurity chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevada names retired Army officer as cybersecurity chief<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-03-30 11:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: statescoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

Less than one year after a ransomware attack disrupted many of the state\u2019s operations, Nevada on Monday announced the hire of Bertrum Carroll, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who most recently worked for a workers\u2019 compensation insurance firm, as its new chief information security officer.<\/p>\n

Carroll replaces Bob Dehnhardt, who retired last May, several months before officials would discover that an employee had mistakenly installed malware and enabled a prolonged ransomware attack. Timothy Galluzi, Nevada\u2019s chief information officer, in a press release called Carroll a \u201cseasoned professional who understands the gravity of the modern and ever-changing threat environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to his LinkedIn profile, Caroll most recently spent eight-and-a-half years at the workers\u2019 compensation insurance firm Employers, where he was CISO and a vice president. His resume includes several other private-sector IT jobs, including at General Electric and Rockwell Automation, but much of his career was in the Army, where he spent 27 years before retiring as a lieutenant colonel. The state\u2019s press release, issued by the Governor\u2019s Technology Office, notes that Carroll brings \u201ca disciplined, mission-focused approach to leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caroll is quoted in the release as noting that AI is \u201cinterwoven into everything we do. That means security leaders have to think not only about the technology itself, but also about governance, workforce training, vendor expectations and the responsible use of data.\u201d The new CISO said he\u2019ll start by surveying the state, to understand its \u201cmost important risks.\u201d \u201cCybersecurity is not about chasing perfection,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is about managing risk in a deliberate, responsible way that protects public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since recovering from its ransomware attack last last year, Nevada has made some adjustments. It most recently advertised the state\u2019s adoption of new cloud security standards. In February, the technology agency announced a policy aiming to uniformly classify the state\u2019s data, a \u201cproactive\u201d measure designed to ensure that sensitive data is treated sensitively. \u201cA lot of these accidents could have been fortified a little bit. The one lesson we got out of that [cyberattack] is if you don\u2019t know what\u2019s sensitive, you can\u2019t really protect it consistently,\u201d Michael Hanna-Butros Meyering, the technology bureau\u2019s communications chief, said at the time of the announcement.<\/p>\n

Dehnhardt, the state\u2019s former CISO, left the state last May, the same month that Nevada\u2019s cybersecurity incident began, though the state would not become aware of it until August. The attack was disruptive to Nevada\u2019s operations, affecting services at 60 agencies, including some of its most critical: Health and Human Services, Motor Vehicles, and Public Safety. It disabled or disrupted numerous services for weeks, including the ability of police to conduct background checks, for residents to renew their driver\u2019s licenses or receive unemployment support or for small businesses to apply for permits through the secretary of state\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Galluzi, the state\u2019s CIO, not only helped the state recover from the attack (and saw the costs covered by the state\u2019s cybersecurity insurance), but has also helped rally support for a statewide security operations center and expansion of a technical threat analysis program.<\/p>\n

Dehnhardt, the former CISO, meanwhile seems to be enjoying himself. His jokey LinkedIn profile lists his current employer as \u201cnone to speak of,\u201d with his present responsibilities listed as attending brunch, providing \u201cexpert commentary on daytime television and neighborhood happenings,\u201d delivering \u201cregular updates on how things used to be\u201d and offering \u201cunsolicited consulting services to former coworkers, fellow sports bar partons, and random passers-by.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t\tWritten by Colin Wood
\n\t\t\tColin Wood is StateScoop’s editor in chief. Contact him at colin.wood@statescoop.com or cwood.64 on Signal.\t\t<\/p>\n

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