Matthew L.

About Matthew L.

Passionate Director of Cybersecurity and Data Privacy at Life.Church, dedicated to…

Experience

1. Director of Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

   Life.Church

   Nov 2023 — Present · Edmond, OK, US

   Partner with the Church to understand and evaluate risk within digital areas, supporting and providing guidance for cybersecurity initiatives, data privacy, and internal controls for digital assets.• Lead the proactive identification, acceptance, and prevention of cybersecurity and data privacy risks, ensuring the organization remains above reproach.• Build and deliver cybersecurity and data privacy education to foster a culture of cyber-awareness within the organization.• Support Cybersecurity Operations, ensuring security requirements and organizational needs are met.• Review and recommend cybersecurity compliance plans in collaboration with the Legal and Safety Awareness teams.• Oversee cybersecurity compliance reviews and testing, providing recommendations and working to remediate vulnerabilities.• Stay updated on industry alerts and best practices, implementing necessary updates organizationally.• Collaborate with all Life.Church teams to address cybersecurity-related needs and initiatives.• Drive data privacy initiatives compliance, raising awareness of data privacy requirements and ensuring their integration into new projects and initiatives.• Develop and implement a robust data privacy compliance plan for digital assets, focusing on data mapping initiatives.• Serve as the technical lead for information gathering and response formulation in partnership with the Legal Team for data requests, including GDPR compliance requests and other legal processes.

Education

• Western Governors University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology

• University of Phoenix

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Management: Small Business

  2011 — 2017

• Community College of the Air Force

  Associate of Science (A.S.), Military Information Systems Technology

  2012 — 2015

• Western Governors University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Cyber Security and Information Assurance

  2018 — 2020

Skills

• Social Media Marketing
• Business Communications
• Program Management
• Digital Marketing
• Cross-Organization Collaboration
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Multi-Media Marketing Campaigns
• Quickbooks
• Leadership
• Microsoft Office
• Cross-Cultural Communication Skills
• Program Development
• Classroom Instruction
• Crisis Intervention
• Critical Thinking
• Analytical Skills