A view into what hackers are about and what auditors are about, comparison and contrasting.
President, ISACA Utah Chapter Dan Anderson has spent his life developing and implementing communications between systems and developing systems and applications in Military, Healthcare, and Mining. First, for the USAF, working on Navigation Systems on various aircraft, then in the Gold Mining industry for RTZ/Kennecott Utah Copper, and finally in the Healthcare Industry for Intermountain Healthcare. He has a background in Electrical Engineering and Chemistry with emphasis in Healthcare Informatics and has specialized in Information Security and Assurance, earning his Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), both from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Additional certifications include: Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), Payment Card Industry Internal Security Assessor (ISA and PCIP), and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL v3).Dan has worked for Healthcare IT Vendors such as Cerner, GE, and IDX, and consults globally in Information Systems Security, Regulatory Compliance, Information Systems Audit, and Intellectual Property Assurance. Some of Dan’s work includes consulting premier teaching hospitals such as Stanford Medical Center, Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital, University of Utah Hospital, and large Integrated Delivery Networks such as Sutter Health, Catholic Healthcare West, Kaiser Permanente, Veteran’s Health Administration, and Intermountain Healthcare. Dan is a Board member and current President of the Utah chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, (ISACA), a Board member of UtahSec.org, a Board member and Vice President of F.B.I. Infragard Salt Lake City Chapter, member of F.B.I. Citizen’s Academy Alumni Association, and member of the Security Technical Committee of Health Level Seven (HL7). Board Member, Center for Excellence in Higher Education Program Advisory Committee. Board Member, Utah Valley University Cyber Security Program Community Advisory Board. Board Member University of Utah Eccles School of Business Masters in Information Systems (MSIS) Program Advisory Board.Dan has served in positions as President, CEO, CIO, CISO, and Director for various companies, is currently a Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Management Consultant for Spectra Consulting Group, and also an Information Security Consultant for Intermountain Healthcare.In his spare time Dan volunteers as an Ice Hockey coach for over 14 years in various youth hockey associations in Utah, has served as Head coach for Riverton High School and Midget Major AA travel teams, earning USA Hockey’s highest coaching level 5 Master Coach.Dan lives in Murray Utah.