Report all security incidents that are critical in nature to the DIR Office of the CISO within 24 hours of detection in accordance with TAC 202.26(a) and TAC 202.76(a). Click here for Instructions for reporting an incident.

Brian Engle
Chief Information Security Officer, State of Texas
300 West 15th Street, Suite 1300
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 475-4700

Edward Block
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer 
(512) 463-8807

Ted James
IT Security Analyst
(512) 463-4220

Security Programs

• ISAAC
• ISO program
• Mailing lists
• Performance metrics
• Security assessments
• Security training events
• Security website
• SIRS
• Disk Sanitization

For Network monitoring services and general questions concerning information security, e-mail the Office of the CISO

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