Registration and Information Desk Hours (in person only)
CIRA Member Social
Registration and Information Desk Hours (in person only)
Breakfast (Provided)
Welcome and Introductions
Speaker: Speaker: Tony Sauerhoff, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Information Resources
Break
Smart Cybersecurity Hygiene: Practical, Preventative Measures for a Safer Workplace
Speakers: Mattew Cantu, Cybersecurity Risk Specialist, TAC
Isabella Sherwood, Cybersecurity Risk Specialist, TAC
An IT focused discussion on how to implement preventative cybersecurity measures, without disrupting your daily work. We will cover different proactive cybersecurity measures to reduce vulnerabilities and incidents while growing cybersecurity habits among general employees.
ADA Compliance
Speaker: Lizzie Calvert, Information Technology Service, TAC
Balancing Public Safety Tech with Public Trust
Break with Sponsors
Lunch (provided)
Discussion on the growing concerns of data centers and their expansion over Texas. Panel member will discuss issues around land usage, jobs, power usage, and residents' concerns and mostly around how county officials can equip themselves with information around the authority counties have in this area.
Vulnerability Management
Speaker: Matt Bruns, IT Systems & Security Manager, TAC
Learn how to manage network system vulnerabilities
From Data Chaos to County Intelligence: How AI and eDiscovery Are Transforming Government Compliance
Speaker: Graham Sibley, CEO, Collabware
In this session, attendees will learn to:
• Understand the concept of a “data lake” approach in plain language, and why centralized data architecture is foundational for applying AI to county information management.
• Recognize how AI can assist with document classification, PII detection, and records retention, reducing manual workloads while maintaining compliance standards.
• Explore how automation can support open records responses, audit preparation, and legal discovery, while maintaining defensibility and transparency.
• Identify the hidden costs of information silos, and understand why separate systems for records management, open records requests, and eDiscovery often increase legal risk and operational costs.
CJIS Compliance
Speaker: Gerald Gallent
Learn about the updated CJIS requirements
Break with Sponsors
Trends in Government Websites
Speakers: Jason Bram, IT Member Manager, TAC
Reagan Nail, ezTask
Bratton Riley, Co-Founder and CEO, Citibot
Discussion on emerging trends in style, technology, and regulation of websites in government. Focus will be on aspects of accessibility compliance, usability, user experience, ease of management, and trending technologies for a better experience for residents.
Kick Off Reception with Sponsors
Dinner on your own
Registration and Information Desk Hours (in person only)
Breakfast (in person only)
Nuclear Energy Panel
Speakers: Texas Nuclear Alliance Panel
Break with Sponsors
AI Policy and Governance at the Third Largest County in the US
Speaker: Sindhu Menon, CIO, Harris County
Lunch (provided)
Managing Cloud Vendor Risk at Scale: A Statewide Shared Assessment Model for Texas
Speakers: Cam Beasley and Drew Scheifele
Session Objectives
1. Understand how a statewide shared assessment model helps ISDs and small local governments manage cloud vendor risk with limited security resources.
2. Learn how centralized, reusable vendor assessments reduce duplication and accelerate risk decisions for non-TX-RAMP cloud vendors.
3. Explore how peer collaboration and shared vendor usage visibility improve consistency and confidence in local agency risk decisions.
AI in Non-Emergency Call Centers
Break with Sponsors
Operationalizing Cyber Resiliency: Turning Threat Actor Behavior into Governance, Continuity, and Cross-Team Coordination
Speaker: Joe Beaulieu, Crowe
Cyber incidents test more than technology - they challenge governance, communication, leadership, and operational readiness. This session combines real-world incident response experience with a county perspective to show how understanding threat actor behavior can improve cybersecurity, business continuity, assessment management, and cross-department coordination. Attendees will learn practical, tool-agnostic strategies for strengthening identity governance, continuity planning, asset visibility and escalation processes to build organizational resilience.
Future of Government Disbursements
Speaker: Justin Miller, Tyler Technologies
Liscense Plate Recognition Technology and Privacy
Break
Evening Event - Casino Night!
Registration and Information Desk Hours (in person only)
Breakfast (in person only)
Workforce Changes in AI
Speakers: Panel
Refreshment Break
Adjourn
*Agenda is subject to change.