Municipal Cybersecurity and Defending Infrastructure | Dr. Brian Gardner, CISO, City of Austin

Meet Dr. Brian Gardner, who secured the City of Dallas for over 7 years before moving to Austin as the City’s CISO. In this episode of the Be Fearless Podcast, Brian shares war stories from managing critical infrastructure, how he grew Dallas's cybersecurity budget from 2.3% to nearly 10% of the IT spend, and dives into the unique challenges cities face with shadow SaaS and browser security.

0:00 Episode highlights and introduction
5:43 On crisis recovery and resilience
14:29 Wearing multiple hats from CIO to CTO to CISO
19:49 Growing cyber budgets alongside cyber programs
25:22 Defending critical infrastructure such as tornado sirens and cameras
38:38 Browser security and SaaS app challenges
47:58 The origins of the Coalition of City CISOs
51:41 Closing: on fostering kids and future plans

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