{"id":210812,"date":"2026-02-06T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:40:10","slug":"north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota\u2019s New Cyber Ops Leader Is From Private Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector\">North Dakota\u2019s New Cyber Ops Leader Is From Private Sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector\">https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-06 17:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.govtech.com\">www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                    North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) has turned to the private sector to fill a high-level cybersecurity position.<\/p>\n<p>The state has hired John Rodenbiker to serve as its director of cyber operations, a role that collaborates closely with the CISO to support cybersecurity. Rodenbiker\u2019s first day was Jan. 5, NDIT Public Information Officer Jeremy Fettig said Friday via email.<\/p>\n<p>State CISO Chris Gergen was previously director of cyber operations before being tapped as interim CISO in February 2025, and taking on the permanent role in July. Gergen filled both positions until Rodenbiker\u2019s hiring, Fettig said. The state CISO was part of the team that helped stand up the state\u2019s cyber operations center, which Rodenbiker is now charged with leading. <\/p>\n<p><span data-bsp-pv=\"4f8e492c-6f2f-390e-bc61-f176d3a37ab9\"\/><span data-bsp-pv=\"0000019c-345f-d8c0-a7fd-ffdf79a40000\"\/><br \/>Born and raised in North Dakota, Rodenbiker\u2019s career ranges across multiple industries. Most recently, he managed information security for more than 350,000 members at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota. He also oversaw North American cybersecurity operations for Doosan Bobcat and helped build and mature cybersecurity programs for Eide Bailly. Rodenbiker holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Minot State University and a Master of Business Administration from North Dakota State University.<\/p>\n<p>The director of cyber operations is charged with managing the cyber operations center\u2019s ongoing budget and human resources capacity. He will also advise the CISO on future requirements to inform budget requests. Other responsibilities of the position include developing an operational road map, providing oversight to managers of cybersecurity operations teams and leading cross-functional teams during critical security incidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCybersecurity is no longer just a technology issue \u2014 it\u2019s a people issue,\u201d Rodenbiker said Friday in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>His vision for NDIT cybersecurity work prioritizes strengthening statewide cyber defenses and increasing awareness of&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Dakota\u2019s New Cyber Ops Leader Is From Private Sector https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/workforce\/north-dakotas-new-cyber-ops-leader-is-from-private-sector Publish Date: 2026-02-06 17:25:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/erepublic.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/1c5b50e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/770x374+0+69\/resize\/1440x700!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ferepublic-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F16%2Fcb%2Fa0df5ed6ce5f2c7b99c6eec8c16e%2Fshutterstock-cyber-security-header1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-210812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210814,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210812\/revisions\/210814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}