Four Black state and local cybersecurity officials discussed how more diverse workforces make their government organizations stronger, not just from a cultural perspective, but in terms of actual security, too. The officials, speaking during the virtual 2021 RSA Conference, said organizations need to pay particular attention to unconscious bias on their teams and the effect it has on the workplace. Benjamin Freed has more from the panel.

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