Chris Grillo

Christopher Grillo, CISA, CISM, CPA, ITIL, has over 15 years of diverse experience in the areas of information security, IT auditing, operational auditing, financial auditing and IT consulting in various industries.

Chris is currently the Director of Information Security for an upper Midwest health plan organization, where he created the Information Security department while implementing HIPAA Security Rule compliance requirements by the April 2005 deadline. Chris also held senior information security management positions at highly diverse and regulated companies with international business operations in energy, auto, finance, publishing, education, software development and government interfaces as well as serving as Sr. Principal Consultant for Verisign, Inc. (formally Guardent), and a Sr. Consultant for Canaudit, Inc.

Through these experiences, Chris gained extensive experience and knowledge in building comprehensive information security programs. Chris has also served as a senior advisor for the management and operations of enterprise security and compliance programs.

Chris is the author of several seminars such as "Control and Security of Windows Server, Enterprise Security Management," "Security Awareness," "Acquiring Info Security Tools," and "Auditing System Development." He has published several articles and has been quoted in popular magazines and security-related books such as COMPUTER WORLD, Tangled Web, and the newly released Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program.

Chris is an active member of various Information Security and Audit Associations and is past chairperson of the Computer Security Institute (CSI) Advisory Council.