Richard Biever

About Richard Biever

I am a progressive technology and information security leader executing risk-based approach to identify threats and deliver solutions based on business goals. Leverage broad knowledge base across central IT, identity groups, and network engineering to navigate complex projects across large organizations. Underpinned Duke strategic planning architecting world-class security program.SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS- Transformed security, IdM, and data analytics vision with cutting edge tools and technologies. Advocated for modernization defining strategy, budget, and support best practice models for IT Security Office and Office of Information Technology- Built top-performing security and IdM team held up as gold standard in industry. Encouraged staff ownership, provided work on interesting projects, supported ongoing training, and increased hiring of talent offering fresh perspectives- Pioneered innovative crowd-sourced approach to threat intelligence, STINGAR, that resulted in 2 NSF grants- Embedded proactive approach using logs/systems to hunt and find evidence of bad actors in network with automated detection alerts.EXPERTISE:Strategic Planning | Technology Transformations | IT/Cybersecurity Implementation | Project Management | Data-Analysis | Communication | Process Improvement | Team Leadership | Cross-functional Collaboration | Problem Solving | Consensus Building | Vendor Negotiations | IT Architecture & Design | Governance Process

Experience

1. Senior Director, Information Security Policy, Risk, and Compliance

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   Oct 2023 — Present · US

Education

• Georgia State University

  M.A., International Relations

• The University of Georgia

  B.A., Political Science

Skills

• Information Security Management
• Information Security Governance
• Information Security Standards
• Information Security Awareness
• Federated Identity Management
• Multi-Factor Authentication
• Project Management
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Network Security
• System Administration
• Application Security
• Vulnerability Management
• Data Loss Protection
• Disk Encryption
• Log Analysis
• Vulnerability
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Risk Assessment
• Information Security
• Penetration Testing
• IT Strategy
• Strategy
• Security
• Program Management
• IT Management
• Information Technology
• Management
• Cloud Computing
• Leadership
• Networking
• Infrastructure