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James Edgar’s wide range of experience protecting public- and private-sector organizations from cybersecurity threats has helped him hone his ability to see the whole picture when it comes to cybersecurity.
Edgar came up through the ranks in network engineering, earning his first information security officer role at the Georgia Department of Corrections after working as a consultant for the agency. “At the time, the state of Georgia was looking to form a new organization called the Georgia Technology Authority, pulling the technology areas of all different agencies within the state.” With that initiative, the state developed cybersecurity standards and established the information security officer position. At the Georgia Department of Corrections, the second-largest agency in the state, Edgar helped integrate the technology functions of each Georgia agency under the Georgia Technology Authority umbrella while securing the data of the state’s 34 correctional facilities.