{"id":275539,"date":"2026-06-18T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/north-carolina-partners-with-tanium-to-strengthen-state-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:00:14","slug":"north-carolina-partners-with-tanium-to-strengthen-state-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/north-carolina-partners-with-tanium-to-strengthen-state-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina partners with Tanium to strengthen state cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Carolina partners with Tanium to strengthen state cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/statescoop.com\/north-carolina-partners-with-tanium-to-strengthen-state-cybersecurity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-18 09:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: statescoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

North Carolina\u2019s Department of Information Technology announced Thursday that it has selected Tanium as the statewide endpoint management and cybersecurity platform for SecureNC, the state\u2019s collaborative cybersecurity program that provides resources and guidance to state and local agencies.<\/p>\n

According to the Thursday announcement, Tanium will help consolidate the state\u2019s management and security operations on a single platform, with real\u2011time data and automated investigations of security threats. The voluntary initiative will roll out in phases across local governments, higher education institutions and other public entities.<\/p>\n

For state Chief Information Security Officer Bernice Russell-Bond, the partnership is part of a broader effort to shift North Carolina\u2019s cybersecurity from reactive to proactive and, more importantly, accurately reflect the current threat environment with the emergence of artificial intelligence tools.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know with the development of these frontier AI solutions that they are going to help people in a cyber field, but they\u2019re also used by our adversaries,\u201d Russell-Bond told StateScoop in an interview this week. \u201cAnd that\u2019s going to allow them to not only identify vulnerabilities faster, but to try to exploit them faster, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state has already piloted the program with several local entities and reported more than a 40% improvement in cybersecurity posture among participating organizations after 60 days, according to Russell-Bond, who said the tools also helped improve its patch management cycle \u2014 shrinking remediation timelines from monthly cycles to less than 10 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re patching as soon as we get a vulnerability and get that patch tested,\u201d Russell-Bond said. \u201cWe\u2019re cutting in half or more the time span that an adversary can exploit us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russell-Bond, who\u2019s been the state CISO for over a year, said one of her first priorities after joining NCDIT was assessing…<\/p>\n

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