Dr. Adrian M. Mayers Email & Phone Number

Mountlake Terrace, Washington, Us

Customers and the customer experience are at the core of everything we do at Premera Blue Cross.Member of the company’s leadership team and responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction, developing and managing information security solutions that minimize risk and create a strong security posture and competitive advantage for Premera. Responsible for establishing and maintaining Premera’s Information Security Operations, Risk Management, and IT Disaster Recovery strategies and programs to ensure information assets and technologies are adequately protected. Accountable for driving leadership performance and ensuring the IT Security & Governance strategy is consistent with the long-term goals of the company.

Washington, Dc, Us

The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) serves as an official advisory council to its government counterparts – HHS and FDA – with a formally-designated critical infrastructure protection function distinct from the advocacy and member services roles of traditional industry associations. The HSCC, HHS and FDA work jointly to identify and mitigate systemic threats to critical healthcare infrastructure, such as pandemics, major weather events, terrorism, active shooters and cyber-attacks, with a mission to: Identify cyber and physical risks to the security and resiliency of the sector, develop guidance and policies for mitigating those risks, and facilitate threat preparedness and incident response.

San Francisco, California, Us

The NightDragon team invests in and advises companies that they believe can help close the gap between offense and defense cybersecurity. By identifying areas where they believe this gap is the greatest, they hope to return the edge back to the cyber defenders and protect the most critical assets for individuals, companies, and nations around the world.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Cybersecurity Leadership Advisory BoardComprising of leaders from various industries, our board members bring diverse perspectives and expertise. Their guidance is instrumental in shaping the program's curriculum, experiences and core principles.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Madrona CISO & Security Leaders Advisory GroupMadrona's Philosophy - We bring more than capital. We invest in a team and their vision from day one for the long run. We roll up our sleeves and work alongside you, providing the team, strategy, and experience to help founders build lasting and significant companies.

Alpharetta, Georgia, Us

The National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that serves as the preeminent advocacy voice for CISOs.

Arlington, Va, Us

The National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School is dedicated to finding real-world answers to national security law and policy questions. NSI strives to provide balance to the public discourse on the most difficult national security challenges facing the United States and its allies.NSI is a platform for research, teaching, scholarship, and policy development that incorporates a realistic assessment of the threats facing the United States and its allies as well as an appreciation of the legal and practical challenges facing U.S. intelligence, defense, law enforcement, homeland security, and cybersecurity communities.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Vation provides a community of innovators a tool to reach across the value chain so that they can more easily evaluate, learn, share and communicate with others — so that innovation can reach the market more quickly.

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

Information Security Media Group's (ISMG) CyberEdBoard provides executives with a powerful peer-driven collaborative ecosystem and library of resources to address complex challenges shared by CISOs and senior security leaders worldwide.

Us

InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and members of the private sector. The InfraGard program provides a vehicle for seamless public-private collaboration with government that expedites the timely exchange of information and promotes mutual learning opportunities relevant to the protection of Critical Infrastructure. With thousands of vetted members nationally, InfraGard's membership includes business executives, entrepreneurs, military and government officials, computer professionals, academia and state and local law enforcement; each dedicated to contributing industry specific insight and advancing national security.

Miami, Florida, Us

The NSLS is the nation's largest leadership honor society. Students are selected by their college for membership based on either academic standing or leadership potential. Candidacy is a nationally recognized achievement of honorable distinction.WHAT WE BELIEVELearning is a life-long journey.Gaining new skills are imperative for personal and professional growth.Everyone has leadership potential.We provide the tools and resources students need to identify and achieve their goals.We achieve more together than we do alone.With proper support and dedicated action, we can do extraordinary things.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Optiv Security is a security solutions integrator (SSI). With years of experience supporting thousands of enterprise level clients, they know the solutions landscape better than anyone. They understand the challenges their clients face every day – because many of their people have occupied a seat on the other side of the table. As a SSI, they leverage deep industry expertise to help their clients plan, build and run holistic cybersecurity programs that are designed to reduce risk and drive desired business outcomes.

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

The Coalfire Cloud Advisory Board identifies enterprise cloud cybersecurity challenges, influences the direction of the industry, and develops advanced best practices and research. The Cloud Advisory Board’s influential members provide Coalfire’s executive leadership with feedback on the cloud market landscape and the company’s solution portfolio roadmap.

Ormond Beach, Fl, Us

Health-ISAC (Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center) is a trusted community of critical infrastructure owners and operators within the Health Care and Public Health sector (HPH). The community is primarily focused on sharing timely, actionable and relevant information with each other including intelligence on threats, incidents and vulnerabilities that can include data such as indicators of compromise, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) of threat actors, advice and best practices, mitigation strategies and other valuable material. Sharing can occur via machine to machine or human to human. H-ISAC also fosters the building of relationships and networking through a number of educational events in order to facilitate trust. Working groups and committees focus on topics and activities of importance to the sector and services such as Shared Services offer enhanced services to leverage the H-ISAC community for the benefit of all.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Venafi's mission is to deliver innovative solutions for the world’s most demanding, security-conscious Global 5000 organizations. They are fanatical when it comes to protecting machine identities and making sure companies are successful.

Denver, Co, Us

Ping Identity is the leader in Identity Defined Security for the borderless enterprise, allowing the right people to access the right things, securely and seamlessly. Protecting over 1.3 billion identities from data centers around the globe, Ping allows employees, customers and partners the freedom to access the cloud and on-premises applications they need with an enterprise IDaaS solution that includes multi-factor authentication, single sign-on and access security.

New York, Ny, Us

GLG is a technology-enabled learning platform that connects top professionals with experts.More than 1,400 companies use GLG to help solve complex strategic and operational challenges, test hypotheses, gain market feedback, and seek mentorship, all within our rigorous compliance framework.

London, United Kingdom , Gb

NTT Security is the center of excellence in security for NTT Group. Embedded security, that enables NTT Group companies (Dimension Data, NTT DATA and NTT Communications) to deliver resilient business solutions for clients’ digital transformation needs. NTT Security has 10 SOCs, seven R&D centers, over 1,500 security experts and handles hundreds of thousands of security incidents annually across six continents.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

AlphaSights is a professional services firm employing several hundred ambitious professionals in 9 offices around the world. Our clients are decision-makers at major corporations, investment funds, strategy consultancies and non-profits. Day by day, our clients rely on our teams to connect them to the knowledge they need.

Denver, Co, Us

Vertafore offers the broadest and most versatile technology solutions to prepare the insurance industry for digital disruption. As the leader in modern insurance technology with the largest customer base in the industry, Vertafore connects every point of the distribution channel. Vertafore’s platform features fast innovation, partnerships with the best technology companies, and customizable solutions.Rapid innovation and adaptability must be enabled by evolving risk and security strategies that do not hinder the business but appropriately protect vital assets. In this role, I had oversight responsibility for corporate-wide Information Risk Management including data security governance, data protection compliance, IT audit, data privacy, product & application security, physical & environmental security, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity planning.Analyzed core business objectives and re-engineered existing information risk strategies, policies, and processes that enhanced cybersecurity capabilities (Data Loss Prevention, Mobile Device Management, Multi-Factor Authentication, Network Access Control, Identity Access Management, Endpoint Protection Platform, Endpoint Detection & Response, Privileged Identity/ Access Management, Cryptography, Cloud Security, Application Security).“An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.” – Jack Welch

Redmond, Washington, Us

Supported the Microsoft Devices Group during the comprehensive Nokia integration process that required collaboration to establish personnel, real estate transaction management, lease administration, physical security, asset protection, information security, crisis management, and business continuity.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Senior leadership role that enabled the combining of a diverse team of professionals from various countries and cultures, for a common service delivery goal of being a trusted partner to the core business units of Nokia. Responsible for managing the corporate security and workplace resources strategies. Created, implemented, and reviewed corporate security policies related to information security, physical security, investigations, crisis management, vendor management, and executive protection. Developed, implemented, and reviewed corporate real estate policies and procedures related to facilities management, lease administration, transaction management, project management, space planning, and customer service.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Responsible for setting and implementing the strategic targets for all corporate security programs. Maintained government regulatory compliance for all initiatives related to information security, and supply chain security. Fostered relationships with U.S. and Canadian law enforcement authorities to assist with investigations and incident management. Managed personnel security, physical security, investigations, information security, logistics security, risk assessments & audits, crisis management, business continuity, and security awareness services.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Responsible for supporting regional security strategy creation, development, and implementation. Monitored service performance metrics and customer satisfaction. Contributed to innovative concept development that enabled business objectives and goals. Developed and managed relationships with internal stakeholders like human resources, legal, privacy, internal audit, and trade compliance. Conducted risk assessments & audits, investigations, executive protection, crisis remediation, and security awareness campaigns. Coached regional team members to deal with rapid business environmental changes.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Responsible for providing expertise, incident response services, and consultative support to internal customers about information security issues, and security enhancement initiatives. Conducted risk assessments, technical security audits, project scoping, and security controls selection. Developed and executed information security policies, procedures, guidelines, tools, and awareness campaigns. Maintained professional certifications and familiarity with industry standards like PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST, COBIT, ITIL, COSO, FIPS, SOX, and BS17799. Conducted computer forensic investigations and identified root-causes that threatened intellectual property, brand image, and business interests.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Managed security services at 5 locations in the United States and Canada, while integrating global policies with local business drivers to create operational plans. Liaised with local law enforcement to establish relationships and address security risks. Designed security controls and managed facility construction projects. Served as a subject matter expert to develop security concepts, and solutions that were aligned with senior site management. Managed guard services, investigations, loss prevention, visitor management, physical security systems, security awareness, emergency response planning, and executive protection. Coordinated workplace violence programs with human resources and legal departments. Trained and coached security staff on policies, guidelines, and procedures.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Ca

Developed and implemented security programs for 30 corporate clients, and managed two operational divisions (Mobile Security and Canine Tactical Unit).

Doctor Of Business Administration (Dr.B.A.), International Business

Certificate, Artificial Intelligence

Executive Certificate, Digital Business

Graduate Certificate, Counterintelligence

Graduate Certificate, Cybersecurity

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Executive Management

Graduate Diploma In Management, Business Management

Computer Science - Information Systems

Professional Diploma Of College Studies, Engineering Technologies

High School Diploma, General Studies