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William F. Pelgrin, Esq.

As Director of the New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC), William Pelgrin is responsible for leading and coordinating New York State's efforts regarding cyber readiness and resilience; leading and coordinating geographic information technologies, especially in emergencies, where CSCIC is the single point-of-contact; coordinating the process by which State critical infrastructure data is collected and maintained; expanding the capabilities of the State's cyber incident response team; and monitoring, analyzing and responding to intrusions and other anomalous cyber activity of State entities. Under Director Pelgrin’s leadership, the CSCIC has established a 7x24 Cyber Security Center, deployed intrusion detection architecture for critical segments of the State’s network and computing infrastructure, and released three statewide cyber security polices on cyber alert level protocols, incident reporting and baseline cyber security requirements.

The efforts of this Office require tremendous cooperation and input from a variety of entities. CSCIC focuses on building strong relationships between and among the public (federal, state and local) and the private sectors to best ensure our State's cyber readiness and resilience.

As part of his duties, Mr. Pelgrin also chairs the New York State Public/Private Sector Cyber Security Workgroup. The Workgroup comprises a talented cadre of representatives from State and local government, academia, the private sector, as well as the federal government. The Workgroup is charged with a number of tasks to help better ensure New York State's cyber readiness, including developing standards of preparedness and methods to inventory and assess critical infrastructure assets contained within industry sectors. Mr. Pelgrin has identified leaders from the public and private sector to serve as leads for a number of critical industry sectors, including the telecommunications, health, financial, utility, public safety, food and education and awareness sectors. The Workgroup is conducting outreach to inventory and assess the state of cyber-readiness for the critical assets within these sectors. Mr. Pelgrin also coordinates a Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) which currently includes participation from 46 states and the District of Columbia. The MS-ISAC serves as a collaborative mechanism for states to share information regarding physical and cyber security issues. The MS-ISAC was recently recognized by the Department of Homeland Security for its proactive role in bringing the states together.

William Pelgrin has more than twenty years of experience in New York State government, holding a variety of executive leadership positions in a number of agencies. William Pelgrin is a graduate of Albany Law School and Union University, and he resides in Upstate New York.

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