{"id":49441,"date":"2022-04-29T17:54:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T21:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=49441"},"modified":"2023-01-23T03:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T08:43:18","slug":"matt-singleton","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/bio\/matt-singleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Singleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-state-it-leadership-of-the-year\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">State IT Leadership of the Year<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oklahoma CISO Matt Singleton is responsible for securing 111 state agencies, a mandate that led him to being an early endorser of zero-trust security in state government. That was especially handy as Oklahoma adopted a \u201cwork-from-anywhere\u201d model during COVID-19. 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