As the Practice Leader for CDW's Risk Advisory Services practice, Darren leads the division with a focus on managing P&L, overseeing consulting engagements, and driving sales efforts.He is a seasoned Management Consultant and Information Security professional with over 30 years experience in Information Technology operations, architecture, design, audit, and security management. During his tenure at CDW/Scalar, he has formed world-class information assurance, cybersecurity testing and vulnerability management teams; servicing clients in the Financial, Health Care, Government, Retail and Technology sectors. Clients have benefited from this expertise especially when coupled with his proficiency with the identification and quantification of security risk, assessing threats and risks based on best practice methodologies as well as providing action plans and recommendations to mitigate these. Darren specializes in working with senior management to develop security programs using his advanced knowledge and the ability to manage and deliver complex ISO27001 based implementations, perform threat risk assessments, security assessments and audits. He has extensive experience in the preparation for third party control audits (ISO27001, SOC, PCI DSS, Privacy Impact Assessments) at organizations of all sizes and industries.He is a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), ISO27001 Lead Auditor and Certified Information Privacy Professional Canada (CIPP/C).He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Applied Science in Electrical Engineering (Management Sciences option) from the University of Waterloo.Specialties: Cyber Risk & Security, Vulnerability Management, Security Framework Implementation & Audit,Information Security and Privacy,Information Systems Audit,Best Practices Standards (ISO27001, GAPP, PCI, SOC, NIST).
Listed skills include Security, Information Security, Iso 27001, Cissp, and 36 others.