About me
John Harrison is the Cybersecurity State Coordinator for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Region 3, with DHS CISA and is responsible for proactively engaging with members in private and public sector to increase the nation's critical infrastructure resiliency and further protect it from cyber-attack. Previously, Mr. Harrison has worked with the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Elections, Franklin County Virginia and Prince William County Virginia. He has spent the last two decades as an IT leader in the SLTT community. In his career, he has served as a subject matter expert on local government technology and participated in numerous advisory panels at the state and local level for IT leadership and cybersecurity on topics related to governance, risk management, incident response, cybersecurity maturation, and policy development. Mr. Harrison has and continues to serve on several advisory panels and partnerships related to cross jurisdictional collaboration, business resiliency, cybersecurity awareness, data analytics, state and local partnering initiatives, and security maturity within the SLTT space. Mr. Harrison has continued his education throughout his career to include a B.S. in Physics, M.S. in Information Technology and various certifications and courses in Quality Control and Process Engineering, Cybersecurity, Project Management, Ethics and Leadership.
