Craig Barber
VP, CISO - Strategic Cyber Security Executive
- Role
- Board Advisor at Franklin Skills
- Location
- Nashville, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Craig Barber
Information Security and Technology leader, innovator, and business strategist. Two decades experience protecting and growing highly regulated organizations including telecoms, law enforcement, healthcare- Awarded U.S. Permanent Residency via EB1A Extraordinary Ability program for contributions to the information security field (no sponsorship required)- Emotionally intelligent enabler at all levels of business. Create and lead teams of 20+ with a focus on innovation, collaboration, risk management, safe AI use, and revenue growth- Boardroom Certified Qualified Technology Expert (QTE). Confident communicating and collaborating with business executives, investors, and PE/VC boards- Advocate for tech apprenticeship and vocational training programs, supporting professional development, reducing employee turnover, and lowering the cost of recruitment-Industries: Telecommunications, Critical Infrastructure, Communications, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Healthcare, Software, Cloud, SaaS.Compliance: ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2, SOX, HITRUST, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP, GDPR, CCPA, ITIL, FFIEC, NYDFS, CRI, ISO 42001Expertise: Enterprise Security, Product Security, Application Security, Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI / GAI), Identity & Access Management, Incident Response, Ransomware, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Physical Security, Business Continuity, Turnarounds, Budget Management, Emotional Intelligence (EQ / EI), Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Leadership, Sales, Board Reporting, Telecom Engineering, Broadband, Transmission, Microwave/Radio.Technologies: On premise, hybrid, cloud native, multi-cloud, telecoms, transmission, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, AWS, GCP, Azure, MacOS, Linux, Windows, Kubernetes, containers, firewalls, AWS, GCP, AzureCertifications: ISC2 CISSP, ISACA CISM, QTE, ITIL
Experience
Board Advisor
Feb 2024 — Present · US
Education
British Telecom (BT) Apprenticeship
IT & Telecoms Professionals
Newcastle Under Lyme College
Communications Technology
Leiston Community High School
High School Education
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