TAG Information Security

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Our Mission

The TAG Information Security Society's mission is to provide a leadership forum focused on education and collaborative sharing of today’s information security, privacy, risk management and compliance related issues.  Keeping you informed, allowing community collaboration and facilitating an open exchange.  The society is positioned well for business and technology professionals interested or actively working in the field of information security, privacy, risk or compliance.  If you have an interest in learning and exchanging information on how and why integrating information security in your business then you should attend.

Key Strategies

• Develop a sustainable community for leaders within the Security, Risk and Compliance Industry

• Provide educational and networking opportunities for Security Leaders

• Provide visibility to emerging trends, technology and enterprises that excel in Information Security, Privacy, Risk Management and Compliance

Benefits:

Benefits from participation in TAG InfoSec include:

• Meeting community and industry peers with similar business interests, issues and professional challenges

• Exposure to information and ideas that allow executives and entrepreneurs to think innovatively

• Opportunity to gain broader perspective on key Information Security, Privacy, Risk and Compliance issues

• Exposure to new Information Security, Privacy, Risk and Compliance opportunities

 

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2010 Calendar of Events

Meeting Date	Meeting Topic	Speaker
January 28	Biometrics and Banking	Brian Fitzpatrick CTO - IdentityStream
April 1	Desktop Virtualization at Emory Healthcare	Dee Cantrell, RN CIO -- Emory Healthcare Michael Thomason Chief Technical Architect -- Emory Healthcare Rick Aaron Director, Client Services -- Emory Healthcare
April 28	An Integrated Privacy, Security & Compliance Organization: 1 Year Later	Robin Sundaram Vice President Security, Investigations and Incident Response - Lexis Nexis
May	No Meeting
June	No Meeting
July	No Meeting
August 26	State Agency CISO Paneled Discussion
October 28	Georgia Bureau of Investigation - Security Practices/Use
November TBD	Roundtable Discussion (Sharing of Best Practices
December TBD	Holiday Social

 

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TAG Information Security Board

 

Russell Teague, Chairman

 

Roy Hadley, Attorney at Law

Roy has an extensive background in counseling clients in complex corporate transactions, particularly those involving intellectual property and technology. His previous roles as general counsel and chief privacy officer in the corporate sector have provided him with invaluable insight on the impact of legal issues on his clients' business needs and allow him
to provide "real world" solutions to clients.

Roy focuses his corporate practice in the areas of information security and privacy, technology and business process outsourcing, telecommunications, intellectual property, information technology, software development and licensing, and entertainment/media.Roy has overseen cross-border transactions in South and Central America, Asia-Pacific and the European Union involving information management, business processes, data security and privacy. He also has experience in providing information security and technology accessibility assessments/audits, data security breach remediation and risk mitigation, electronic records management and e-discovery.

 

Brian Fitzpatrick, CTO -- IdentityStream

With over 15 years of experience, Brian Fitzpatrick has worked extensively within the technology and enterprise software field covering diverse sectors such as healthcare, manufacturing, and banking. Brian currently serves as Chief Technology Officer for IdentityStream, a privately-held software company focused on biometrics and security within the banking sector. IdentityStream's clients are comprised of global financial institutions including developing markets and micro-finance.

 

Tom Jinks, Director of IT Audit Services – Moore Colson, CPAs

As a seasoned professional with over 25 years experience in IT consulting, management and leadership, Tom is responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships, proposing and implementing IT solutions, IT audit services, data privacy and security governance, and project planning. Moore Colson is one of Atlanta’s largest and most successful Accounting firms.

Tom excels in relationship building, strategic planning, analysis and risk assessment. He works with business executives and management to identify problems and introduce solutions with measurable results. He has successfully directed both technical and business development management positions, performed CIO/CTO functions on an interim basis, and consulted, designed and audited business continuity/disaster recovery plans for both public and privately held organizations.

As a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and member of Moore Colson’s Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) team, Tom has managed all phases of IT compliance and controls related to SOX attestation for several $1 billion+ organizations. He has led compliance projects, HIPAA security assessments, preparedness, remediation, and information security best practices consultation for numerous healthcare and life sciences providers. Moore Colson has performed over 18,000 hours of SOX and HIPAA compliance services work, over the last six years. 
 

 Arthur Povlot, Sales Manager - Tescom

Arthur Povlot  has been leading sales for Tescom Software Systems Testing for the past 8 years.
Tescom, a Software Quality Assurance company dedicated to mitigating the technological risks of software development, integration & implementation, has more than 500 employees in offices located in 6 countries.

He joined the company in 2000 when Tescom opened it US headquarters in Atlanta.  He is responsible for Sales and Marketing activities in the Southeast as well as their strategic partnership with IBM Rational for the US market.  

Since graduating from Georgia Tech in 1989,  Arthur has worked in the Technology industry representing both Hardware and Software systems.  From working with local area computer networks to small business accounting and CRM software, Arthur understood that technology must address a business need and be a solution not just another asset to manage.

At Tescom Arthur has specific knowledge and experience in the areas of Test Automation, Performance Testing, Security and Usability Testing.  His knowledge of Quality Assurance methodologies and testing techniques is well respected and Arthur has been published in several local and national business and IT magazines including ComputerWorld, DestinationCRM and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

On behalf of Tescom, Arthur enables companies to have confidence in the deployment of their software applications.  

 

Brad Sanford, Chief Information Security Officer - Emory

Brad Sanford currently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Emory where he has overarching information security responsibilities for both Emory University and Emory Healthcare in the areas of IT risk management, security policy, security awareness, and security architecture.

Brad has over 19 years of IT experience working for organizations such as Humana, Vanderbilt, HCA, and Emory. For the past 12 years Brad has focused on architecting, implementing, and managing Information Security solutions and programs within these organizations. Brad created and managed the first Network Security program implemented at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. At HCA, Brad created and directed the Information Security Assurance department where he had enterprise wide responsibility for intrusion detection, vulnerability management, and security incident response and later served as an information security architect, where he was responsible for setting information security strategy and direction for key information security projects and initiatives.

 

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