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City of Oxnard CIO outlines cybersecurity and modernization priorities for IT
Summary
Rob Rubin, the City of Oxnard chief information officer, told the mayor and council the department’s top priority is defending city systems from cyberattacks while maintaining operations; he reviewed staffing, device counts, a PC refresh cycle, and several departmental projects to be detailed at the budget review.
Rob Rubin, City of Oxnard chief information officer, briefed the mayor and council on the information-technology department’s staffing, priorities and recent projects, saying the department’s top priority is protecting city systems from cyberattacks while making sure essential services keep running. “Our number 1 by far is defend the city,” Rubin said.
Rubin told elected officials that the IT department supports roughly 1,875 city employees and is organized into three divisions—business engagement, solution delivery, and infrastructure & cybersecurity—with 39 authorized IT positions of which 32 are filled. He described the second strategic priority as organizational alignment: regular meetings with department heads to rank and prioritize projects so limited IT resources match departmental needs.
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