Kate Wakefield has proven capability driving information security, compliance, and risk management. Specific areas of expertise include risk assessment, regulatory compliance, third party vendor management, business continuity, incident response, and security awareness. As an experienced information security professional, Kate enjoys the challenge of collaboratively achieving compliance with a variety of state and federal regulations and industry standards such as PCI. She is a huge fan of 'audit once, report many' philosophy - for example, using the HITRUST common security framework to benchmark against HIPAA, PCI, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, GDPR, and multiple specific state regulations. A security engineering background combined with superlative communication skills enables Kate to effectively translate technical vulnerabilities to business risks. Kate is a solutions-focused problem solver with a 'can do' attitude.Kate holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Omaha - Nebraska, a Master of Library Science from Emporia State University, and has taught university courses in privacy and security as well as several years of CISSP study groups. Kate gives back to the security community, previously serving on the board of the local ISSA chapter and presenting at national security conferences.
Listed skills include Information Security, Network Security, Security Awareness, Computer Security, and 48 others.