ROB JOHNSON has more than 22 years of experience in information risk, IT audit, privacy, and security management. He has a diverse background that includes hands-on operational experience, as well as providing strategic risk assessment and support to leadership and board-level audiences. He is currently a Senior Vice President at Bank of America in the Global Technology Organization.

Johnson has held senior roles in large global companies, in large domestic banks, and as product architect for an international software company. Several of the key risk-related roles he has held include Head of Information and Operations Risk Management for ING U.S. Financial Services, Senior Partner at Aegis USA Executive Consulting, First Vice President and IT Senior Audit Director for WAMU, Vice President/CISO for Security Services at First Bank Systems, and Product Owner and Architect for SAP/ERP solutions at Bindview.

Johnson lives in the Seattle area with his wife and children. He holds a BS in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Houston with a concentration in computer science and mathematics. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT). Rob has served on several international education and standards committees, including as 1 of 19 former members of the prestigious international C5 Task Force that developed COBIT 2019.

DR. CHUCK EASTTOM is the author of 29 books, including several on computer security, forensics, and cryptography. His books are used at over 60 universities. He has also authored scientific papers (over 60 so far) on digital forensics, cyber warfare, cryptography, and applied mathematics. He is an inventor with 22 computer science patents. He holds a Doctor of Science (DSc) in cyber security (dissertation topic: “A Study of Lattice-Based Cryptographic Algorithms for Post Quantum Computing”) and three master’s degrees (one in applied computer science, one in education, and one in systems engineering). He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nanotechnology. and is currently working on a PhD in computing from the University of Portsmouth (dissertation topic: “On the Application of Algebraic Graph Theory to Network Forensics”). He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Senior Member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). He is also a Distinguished Speaker of the ACM, a Distinguished ­Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society, and a frequent speaker at conferences. He is a reviewer for six scientific journals and the Editor in Chief for the American Journal of Science and Engineering. He also currently holds 55 industry certifications (CISSP, CASP, CEH, etc.). More details are available at www.ChuckEasttom.com