Cyber Safety industries (Medical, Automotive, Home, and Public Infrastructure) have come a long way in the last few years, but still have a long way to go. We will talk about the quiet successes, where these industries need to go, and how to help get them there.
Many people identify with the I Am The Cavalry initiative, but want to maintain a low profile. This account represents those who will be speaking and participating who might not want themselves highlighted.
Michael C. McNeil is the current Global Product Security & Services Officer for Royal Philips. In this capacity, McNeil is responsible for leading the global product security program for the company and insuring consistent repeatable processes are deployed throughout their products and services in the Healthcare market. Prior to this assignment, McNeil was the former Global Chief Privacy & Security Officer at Medtronic responsible for the development and design of their initial product security and incident response management programs; Chief IT Security Officer at Liberty Mutual Group; Global Chief Privacy Officer at Pitney Bowes, and Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer of Data Services for Reynolds & Reynolds. McNeil is a noted security and privacy expert, he has conducted in-house training and presentations for industry, customers and clients and has presented at several security and privacy conferences worldwide. Michael is a current Governing Body Co-Chair for the annual Summit, Boston and Minneapolis CISO Executive Summits presented by Evanta. He is an active member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AMMI), Medical Device Safety & Security Consortium (MDISS), and the NH-ISAC. Michael has held the chair position for the Medical Device Privacy Consortium (MDPC) and currently holds the chair position for the MDPC Device Security Working Group which recently published the Whitepaper entitled “Security Risk Assessment Framework for Medical Devices”. He was recently named an inaugural, 2013 Top 10 Breakaway Leader of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and was also awarded in 2013 as the First Minneapolis CISO Visionary Award, in addition to these accomplishments, he was also awarded the 2011 Outstanding MBA of the Year by the National Black MBA Association.