Adam Ford

Adam Ford is a cybersecurity leader; former Illinois CISO (5 years), responsible for security across agencies, boards, and commissions. He modernized and grew the practice and led state/local collaboration, including the Illinois Election Cyber Navigator with the State Board of Elections and State Police. He joined Illinois in 2017 as Security Engineering Manager and later Deputy CISO.He has 15+ years in data center and WAN engineering/architecture. Awards: 2023 NASCIO Jarrett; StateScoop 50. BA Illinois College; MS Cybersecurity & IA WGU.