James Christiansen Vice President, Invormation Risk Management James Christiansen is a seasoned business leader with deep technical expertise and is recognized as a global thought leader. As the vice president of information risk management and member of the Office of the CISO at Optiv, Christiansen helps chief experience officers (CXOs) make executive decisions based on the balance of risk and cost. He is responsible for developing and delivering a comprehensive suite of strategic services and solutions to help CXO executives change their security strategies through innovation. Prior to his tenure at Accuvant, Christiansen was chief information risk officer for Evantix and chief security officer for Experian Americas. He joined Experian after serving as chief information security office for General Motors where his responsibilities included worldwide implementation of security plans for the largest financial (GMAC) and the largest manufacturing corporation in the world. Christiansen previously served as senior vice president and division head of information security for Visa International, where he was responsible for the company's worldwide information security program. Christiansen also conducted security strategy work with numerous health care organizations and served a the CISO and chief privacy officer of San Diego Health Connect. He co-authored and co-chaired the ANSI study on the financial impacts of breaches on health care, and co-founded the PHI Protection Network. Christiansen is a sought after expert speaker in the industry. He has served as featured speaker and moderator at the PPN Forum for the past three years, and has spoken at prestigious events such as the Business Round Table, Research Board, American Bar Association, American Banker, the RSA Conference, BankInfoSecurity, ISSA and MIS Training Institute. He has been featured in The New York Times and in th past year quoted in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Healthcare.IT and appeared on the Dark Reading radio show. Christiansen is a patent inventor and has received three innovation awards in cyber security, GRC and cloud computing. He is the author of the "Internet Survival Series" and contributing author of "CISO Essentials" as well as numerous industry papers. Christiansen earned his master's degree in business administration in international management and his bachelor's degree in business management from Westminster College.