Christopher Hall Email & Phone Number

Mr. Hall is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a cybersecurity and IT risk management program for a highly complex and globally regulated financial services company based on federal (i.e., NIST, SEC, OCC), state (i.e., NYSDFS) and international standards (i.e., ISO, COBIT). He is a proven business and risk management executive with an MBA in Technology Management and a MS in Information Security and Assurance. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), and a Project Management Professional (PMP) in good standing. He has 30 years of cybersecurity technical, program, and executive level business leadership who currently serves as the CISO and CTRO at Pacific Life. Mr. Hall builds long lasting relationships across the organization by creating transparency to drive accountability for the development and implementation of a risk management program that maximizes legacy capabilities while driving innovation via next generation technologies to operate within the company’s risk appetite via cost effective and practical solutions.

Manhattan, New York, United States

Mr. Hall served as the CISO’s right hand for establishing the vision, strategy, development, and execution of a global cybersecurity program ($100M+ budget / 225 staff). He was responsible for working directly with members of the Board and senior executives (i.e., CEO, CIO, COO, CFO, CRO) across 53,000 employees in 35 countries with dozens of Legal Entities and boutique businesses. He integrated. resources and activities across all three Lines of Defense to include the IT department, Technology Risk Management (TRM), Internal Audit, as well as business owners to develop and maintain the bank’s. enterprise cybersecurity program in partnership with the Continuity of Operations team to assess, implement, and maintain processes and testing to ensure information assets can recover disaster. scenarios. In addition to the Cybersecurity Strategy team, he led the firms Cybersecurity Assessments (Internal and External), as well as, Third Party Governance, He worked closely with executive leadership. to develop and produce regular Board and Executive Committee status reports and presentations. providing insights and views into the bank’s strategy and the current state of the cybersecurity program. He directly interfaced on a regular basis with senior executives, high value bank clients, and regulators across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC to articulate and justify the bank’s cybersecurity program and risk profile.

San Diego, California, United States

Results-driven executive with Top Secret clearance, whose hands-on leadership served as a catalyst to bring innovative solutions and a build a culture that drove a diversified low-risk cybersecurity portfolio business. Subject matter expert in Cybersecurity leading strategy, business development, talent and program management, as well as, technical delivery for cybersecurity consultants in the areas of Cybersecurity controls, cyber operations, situational awareness, technology assessments, penetration testing, risk management, and certification & accreditation frameworks (FISMA/DIACAP/NIST/ISO). Led the delivery of consulting services for senior level clients to develop vision and strategy, as well as, handson expertise leading execution across a broad range of technologies and platforms utilized throughout multimillion-dollar Department of Defense Computer Network Defense programs. Led a diverse team consisting of experts in multiple domains of Cybersecurity disciplines such as critical infrastructure protection, identity and access management, intrusion detection, forensics, incident management, risk management, tactical command & control systems, and cyber battlespace awareness programs.

Master'S Degree, Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Technology Managment

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government