Gideon T. Rasmussen

Gideon Rasmussen is a cybersecurity leader with over 20 years of experience in corporate and military organizations. Gideon has designed and led programs including information security (as Chief Information Security Officer), PCI payment card security, third-party risk management, application security and information risk management. Has diverse cybersecurity experience within banking, startups, insurance, pharmaceuticals, DoD/USAF, aerospace and defense, state government, advertising and talent management.

Gideon is a sought-after speaker, addressing audiences at conferences, universities and corporate events. He is the author of Program Architecture: Fight the Good Fight and has written more than 30 articles on cybersecurity and operational risk. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Gideon has completed the Bataan Memorial Death March four times.


Session

06-13
13:10
45min
Adaptive Cybersecurity Risk Assessments
Gideon T. Rasmussen

This session provides practical advice to conduct cybersecurity assessments. It details the end-to-end process including: scoping, 15 steps to develop work papers, scheduling and on-site assessment. Includes techniques to add risk opportunistic controls and for new assessments year-over-year. Concludes with assessment report and slide deck frameworks, including tips for briefing executives.

Track 3: In the Fine-Print (Governance, Risk, Compliance and Policy (GRC))
Track 3 I.T.F.P. (Moody Rm. 102)