Speakers

C. Warren Axelrod is the former Chief Privacy Officer and Business Information Security Officer for a major financial services company, where he identified, assessed and mitigated privacy and security risks. Warren was honored with the prestigious Information Security Executive (ISE) Luminary Leadership Award in 2007. He also received a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award in 2003. He is a founder of the FS/ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center) and served two terms on its Board of Managers. Warren has published two books on systems management and numerous articles on a variety of information technology and information security topics, including computer and network security, contingency planning, and computer-related risks. His third book, "Outsourcing Information Security,” was published by Artech House in September 2004. He holds a PhD in managerial economics from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and honors bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering, economics and statistics from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He is certified as a CISSP and CISM.