Bernard L Dawson

Experience

1. Director, Office of the CISO

   Presidio

   May 2016 — Present

   Defines, deploys, manages and optimizes information security governance processes, policies and practices throughout the enterprise with lead liaisons to include Corporate Compliance, Audit, Legal, and HR to meet applicable standards. • Establishes security and compliance strategies, metrics, reporting mechanisms and program services, maturity models, gap analysis and a plan for continual program improvements which improve the security and privacy infrastructure to address the risk. • Manages the process used during significant information security incidents throughout the enterprise to effectively address critical security incident response to protect corporate IT assets and in the investigation of any violations to include assistance with required escalations, disciplinary and legal processes as necessary. • Provides leadership, direction, monitors compliance and develops guidance for the identification, reporting, and remediation of information security concerns throughout the enterprise. • Develops and implements security controls through identification, analysis, and evaluation of risk quantitatively and qualitatively to provide the best solution at the best cost for the Presidio risk portfolio. • Coordinates, responds and tracks all information technology and security related audits, RFPs and other customer centric documentation to include scope, measurements, deadlines, recommendations and outcomes which meet industry standards to include SOC2, ISO27001, PCI, HIPAA, and NIST. • Identifies knowledge gaps and creates information security awareness training throughout the enterprise to ensure all employees, contractors and approved system users are trained on information security and risk management. • Developed, implemented, and manages the process for vendor risk management, to include the assessment and recommendations to treat risks that may result from our partners, consultants, and other service providers.

Skills

• Military Operations
• National Security
• Network Security
• Defense
• Training
• Government
• U.s. Department of Defense
• Information Technology
• System Administration
• Dod
• Information Assurance
• Security Clearance
• Program Management
• Organizational Leadership
• Navy
• Information Security
• Network Administration
• Military
• Military Experience
• Veterans
• Top Secret
• Leadership
• Computer Security
• Operational Planning
• Troubleshooting
• Management
• Security