Topic: Understanding IT Implications of a Zero Trust Doctrine  - why partnering with security and architecture may offer financial opportunities as both cost-cutters and revenue generators

Speaker: Mark Savage, Security Partner, CRS & Public Sector 

Presentation:
Mark intends to share a story built on a fairly complex and regulated industry model. To establish an understanding of Zero Trust (ZT) we will go back to square-one and look at the paradigm through the business model. What are the challenges we face and how do IT executives parse the problem? Are the risks transparent and can we mange them? What is my understanding of “trust” involving people, process, and technology? What happens to my data and do I understand both current and future threats to my business and how will ZT apply? We hope to establish a foundational view of ZT for financial executives.

How is Zero Trust applied and is it different when considering the strategy versus the architecture, both having implications on budget? As a consideration of budget providing recognition that applying Zero Trust is a journey to shift culture so its cyclical and not a liner effort. Where is the business in its Zero Trust journey and should it be applied enterprise-wide, business unit level, or both? As the CFO or Financial Executive what opportunities exists during the process to engaging in cost-cutting and revenue-generation?
 

Speaker Bio:
Mark has 40 years in Information Technology, including 30 years in cybersecurity. His experience was developed through the US Air Force as a programmer and systems engineer, with General Motors as an application engineer specializing in security, 20 + years with Accenture LLP Global Architecture and Core Technologies Security Practice and Accenture Federal Services, nearly two years as the SVP and Global Chief Enterprise Architect for PwC supporting 157 countries, and the last two years with Wipro as a Security Partner covering Healthcare and US Public Sector. 

Mark has worked as a large SI Managing Director/Partner supporting global 100 and fortune 50 companies across a broad range of industries. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems. He is certified in architecture for both TOGAF (enterprise technology) and SABSA (cybersecurity). He has additional certifications in cybersecurity technologies and methods. He is also a highly decorated AF veteran.

Interesting anecdotes: 
- Was a member of the systems engineering team that developed the first commercially-available Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
- Dealt with both nation state and criminal organization attacks against RBS, CIBC, Washington Gas, Hong Kong Exchange, and IRS.gov
- Was a member of the FBI profile team during September 11^th
- Ran Accenture’s Global Cloud Security Team and US-wide Identity and Access Management Team
- Ran Accenture’s Federal Service Security Practice
- Ran his own digital consulting practice between US and Europe during the COVID pandemic focusing on cybersecurity application portfolio rationalization