Bettina Gardner

About Bettina Gardner

Extensive experience building and delivering high impact programming at academic…

Experience

1. Information Governance Compliance & Security Analyst

   Cooley LLP

   Jan 2025 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Work on compliance initiatives, internal and external audits to ensure operational effectiveness with applicable laws and regulations, as well as internal policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all industry-mandated regulations ∙ Provide guidance to business functions on compliance/security-related matters ∙ Coordinate audit-related tasks to ensure the readiness of managers and their teams for audit testing and facilitate the timely resolution of any audit findings ∙ Conduct/support periodic risk assessments and develop appropriate mitigation plans in support of deliverables ∙ Conduct formal risk assessment reviews to determine the critical points of business exposure ∙ Evaluate and recommend commercial governance, risk and compliance vendors and tools ∙ Maintain the firm’s ISO 27001 certification ∙ Maintain the firm’s governance, risk and compliance tools ∙ Answer client assessment and audits to ensure firm compliance ∙ Perform assessments and audits of vendors to ensure compliance with firm security policies and procedures ∙ Develop and maintain metrics that assess the firm’s governance, risk and compliance initiatives ∙ Assess and track the firm’s compliance to existing and future global regulations in privacy and security ∙ Assess and track the firm’s compliance with standard security frameworks such as ISO and NIST ∙ Assist in the identification of risks, threats and vulnerabilities to firm ∙ Track risks and mitigation efforts∙ Participate in governance, risk and compliance forums and organizations to learn new ideas to solve problems ∙ Evaluate effectiveness of the internal security control framework and recommend adjustments ∙ Regularly interact with all levels of management to present and discuss audit results and obtain gap remediation status ∙ Perform periodic security risk assessments and advise business stakeholders on best practices to reduce risk and overall breach profile

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (M.S.)

  2009 — 2012

• Florida State University - College of Business

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  2001 — 2005

• Middlebury College

  Intensive Spanish Summer Graduate Program

  2008 — 2008

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2006 — 2007

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Strategy
• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Management
• International Education
• International Relations
• Research
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Latin America
• International Development
• Event Planning
• International Business
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• International Business Experience
• Public Policy
• Economics
• International Political Economy
• Market Research
• Strategic Planning
• Nonprofits
• Spanish
• Business Development
• Program Management