Case Study
Westchester County, New York’s Focus on Risk Mitigation
CASE STUDY Westchester County, New York’s Focus on Risk Mitigation Identifying a Security Partner As a major suburb of New York City, Westchester County is home to nearly a million people, making it one of the most populated counties in the state outside of the five boroughs. The county government’s size is proportional to that of its population with more than 30 specialized departments and divisions, including health, public safety, social services and employment. At the center of government operations is the county’s information technology department. Headed by Chief Information Officer John McCaffrey, Westchester County’s Department of Information Technology designs, builds, procures, imple- ments and supports information systems and technology to help every department and, as signi