Ken Morris

About Ken Morris

Cyber Security Senior Director II with GuideWell / Florida Blue (Blue Cross Blue Shield) with 35 years of experience in various IT/Security roles such as security, architecture, information assurance and infrastructure design. Ken has been with his current company for 25 years and directs the program protecting the confidentiality of 5M subscribers’ Protected Health Information. He is a skilled and experienced information security executive with proven expertise in developing, implementing and leading effective and efficient security compliance and risk management programs. A trusted subject matter expert, adviser, collaborator and pragmatic security risk leader. Endeavors to deliver value to the organization through innovative, strategic approaches to integrating security best practices into Healthcare operational and compliance business models. He is responsible for establishing and maintaining an enterprise-wide cyber and information security program by providing the vision, strategy and architecture to include establishing, maintaining and monitoring the policies and procedures which promote the secure and uninterrupted operation of all information technology systems. He is also responsible to identify, develop and implement information security programs to maintain processes across the health system to reduce information and information technology risks, to respond to incidents, establish appropriate standards and controls, and direct the establishment and implementation of policies and procedures.Before joining his current company, Ken worked as a Senior Analyst for the US Special Operations Forces for both US Army & Air Forces architecting and deploying solutions used by combat forces in several campaigns throughout the world.Before his role with Special Ops; Ken held many IT and Security roles as an active duty member of the US Air Force for 10 years primarily designing, deploying and operating solutions in Top Secret and Secret environments.

Experience

1. Director, Information & Cyber Security (Interim CISO)

   Florida Blue

   Apr 2015 — Present · Jacksonville, FL, US

   Information & Cyber Security Director with Florida Blue (Blue Cross Blue Shield) with 30 years of experience in various IT/Security roles such as security, architecture, information assurance and infrastructure design. Ken has been with his current company for close to 20 years and directs the program protecting the confidentiality of 5M subscribers’ Protected Health Information. He is a skilled and experienced information security executive with proven expertise in developing, implementing and leading effective and efficient security compliance and risk management programs. A trusted subject matter expert, adviser, collaborator and pragmatic security risk leader. Endeavors to deliver value to the organization through innovative, strategic approaches to integrating security best practices into Healthcare operational and compliance business models. He is responsible for establishing and maintaining an enterprise-wide cyber and information security program by providing the vision, strategy and architecture to include establishing, maintaining and monitoring the policies and procedures which promote the secure and uninterrupted operation of all information technology systems. He is also responsible to identify, develop and implement information security programs to maintain processes across the health system to reduce information and information technology risks, to respond to incidents, establish appropriate standards and controls, and direct the establishment and implementation of policies and procedures.

Skills

• Risk Assessment
• Secure Web Gateways
• Firewalls
• Active Directory
• Unix
• Windows Server
• Information Security
• Data Security
• Secure Messaging
• Ids
• Security Architecture Design
• Business Continuity
• Penetration Testing
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Information Assurance
• Iso 27001
• Servers
• Security Consulting
• Identity Management
• Cisco Technologies
• Pci Dss
• Information Security Management
• System Administration
• Network Security
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Risk Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Cissp
• Security Strategy
• Data Loss Protection
• Networking
• Bluecoat
• Virtualization
• Vpn
• Pki
• Vmware
• Ips
• Dlp