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Top 10+ Security Risks at Financial Institutions: 5 Years and 100 IT Compliance Audits / Security Assessments Later, An IT Auditor’s / Assessors Findings

Speaker Bio

Damian Walters, Principal – Damian Walters & Associates, LLC, specializes in the following:

  • SOC 2, GLBA, HIPAA, and PCI Compliance Audits
  • Security Assessments
  • Network and System Design and Administration
  • Web Site Hosting, Design and Administration
  • Data and Disaster Recovery
  • Cloud Services
  • Virtualization Services
  • Search Engine Optimization and Marketing (SEO/SEM)
  • Telecommunications (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry) Integration

Over 30 years of experience in the area of Information Systems and Technologies (IT) has provided knowledge and skills that are both varied and extensive. Efforts have focused on providing IT compliance audit and security assessment services, systems/network design and administration, secure and reliable collaboration solutions, and telecommunications integration.

Recent accomplishments have included the design and administration of comprehensive, multi-level, risk-focused audit and assessment programs for financial, healthcare, and technology based organizations (GLBA, HIPAA, and PCI); administration of IT compliance audits and security assessments; installation, upgrade, and maintenance of highly secure and robust Microsoft Windows based networks enabling file services, email/collaboration services (Exchange Server and SharePoint Server), digital assistant services (ActiveSync and BlackBerry Enterprise Server), and web services (Internet Information Services and SQL Server); installation and maintenance of remote office networks utilizing various VPN technologies (IPsec, SSL, and PPTP); and participated with large multi-national corporations in strategic, and tactical, search engine optimization/marketing efforts against antagonistic web and social media sites.