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Christine Klosinski
Senior Manager Information Security Assurance at Walgreens
Chicago, IL, United States
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Education:
Associates of Arts
General Arts
Harper College
1988 : 1993
General Arts
Harper College
1988 : 1993
Experience:
Responsible for the management of a team of 5 Information Security professionals who perform testing and assessment to assure the effectiveness of information security controls implemented within the organization. Team performs remediation management of identified observations, and liaise with other internal audit teams to reduce audit fatigue across the organization. Additional responsibility includes the management and execution of a multi-tiered security awareness program, delivery of an annual security risk assessment, and ongoing maintenance of the department security control framework.
- Managed budgets up to $1,500,000 within 5%
- Develops team members who are continually selected for ISO special projects
In FY18 additional responsibilities included security vendor management for Walgreen's established domestic and international vendors. Vendor portfolio included 300+ partners. Duties relinquished after reestablishment of dedicated SVM team.
- Provide Security guidance and support to our Legal and Privacy teams
- Support in house compliance for PCI, HIPAA, and CMS with a focus on Third Party Security
2017 : Present
Walgreens
Senior Manager, Information Security Assurance
Responsible for the management of a team of 5 Information Security professionals who focus on assurance testing and assessment of information security controls, remediation management, and liaison with other audit teams to reduce fatigue across the organization.
- Implemented team new hire on-boarding and training process
- Developed/implemented a fully documented Information Security Assurance program
- Delivered first ever Information Security Assurance dashboard to CISO
2015 : 2017
Walgreens
Manager, Information Security Assurance
Responsible for the management of a team of 4 Information Security professional and contractors who provide high-level security analysis and security service demand management for corporate projects requiring the participation of Information Security. Participate in due diligence activities of mergers and acquisitions; provides Information Security opinion of the target company.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive new hire onboarding and training program that was successfully followed for 5+ new hires receiving positive feedback from all new hires.
- Developed and delivered formalized programs for a mergers and acquisitions due diligence, and a service catalog and maintenance program specifically for the Information Security department.
- Delivered programs for response to client audit questionnaires and company initiated RFP requests reducing response time by 50%.
- Maintains team service level agreements at 93%. 3% higher than published SLA.
- Managed departmental budget of $600,000
2012 : 2015
Walgreens
Manager, Information Security Services
Team lead for Security Services team. Provides security analysis and security service demand management of corporate projects. Responsible for participation in due diligence activities for mergers and acquisitions. Acts as a subject matter expert to peers for processes within the team.
- Facilitated RFP continuous improvement project. Delivered a repeatable process for the engagement of Information Security by Strategic Sourcing for company initiated RFPs. Dramatically improved relationship between teams and increased the frequency of engagement of InfoSec in the RFP process.
2011 : 2012
Walgreens
Lead - Information Security Analyst
Provides security analysis of corporate projects. Identifies and coordinates appropriate security services based on project requirements. Acts as an advocate for the project team within the InfoSec department. Conducts project risk analysis to assist with demand management within department. Directly responsible for Information Security review and response of company initiated RFPs as well as Client initiated audits, RFPs and security surveys. Creates, maintains, and updates department processes and documentation.
- Co-created process flow by which all requests for Information Security services are handled within the department.
- Driver of department vision for services model amongst peers. Facilitated discussion resulting in the creation of a service catalog and supporting processes of those services.
- Led team of peers responsible for the creation and implementation of an Alternative Work Schedule Policy for InfoSec department which eventually was implemented by CIO enterprise-wide.
- Identified an internal IT team struggling with InfoSec policies. Partnered with the team to identify InfoSec services within their projects. Resulting relationship dramatically reduced emergency requests.
2009 : 2011
Walgreens
Senior Information Security Analyst
- Managed budgets up to $1,500,000 within 5%
- Develops team members who are continually selected for ISO special projects
In FY18 additional responsibilities included security vendor management for Walgreen's established domestic and international vendors. Vendor portfolio included 300+ partners. Duties relinquished after reestablishment of dedicated SVM team.
- Provide Security guidance and support to our Legal and Privacy teams
- Support in house compliance for PCI, HIPAA, and CMS with a focus on Third Party Security
2017 : Present
Walgreens
Senior Manager, Information Security Assurance
Responsible for the management of a team of 5 Information Security professionals who focus on assurance testing and assessment of information security controls, remediation management, and liaison with other audit teams to reduce fatigue across the organization.
- Implemented team new hire on-boarding and training process
- Developed/implemented a fully documented Information Security Assurance program
- Delivered first ever Information Security Assurance dashboard to CISO
2015 : 2017
Walgreens
Manager, Information Security Assurance
Responsible for the management of a team of 4 Information Security professional and contractors who provide high-level security analysis and security service demand management for corporate projects requiring the participation of Information Security. Participate in due diligence activities of mergers and acquisitions; provides Information Security opinion of the target company.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive new hire onboarding and training program that was successfully followed for 5+ new hires receiving positive feedback from all new hires.
- Developed and delivered formalized programs for a mergers and acquisitions due diligence, and a service catalog and maintenance program specifically for the Information Security department.
- Delivered programs for response to client audit questionnaires and company initiated RFP requests reducing response time by 50%.
- Maintains team service level agreements at 93%. 3% higher than published SLA.
- Managed departmental budget of $600,000
2012 : 2015
Walgreens
Manager, Information Security Services
Team lead for Security Services team. Provides security analysis and security service demand management of corporate projects. Responsible for participation in due diligence activities for mergers and acquisitions. Acts as a subject matter expert to peers for processes within the team.
- Facilitated RFP continuous improvement project. Delivered a repeatable process for the engagement of Information Security by Strategic Sourcing for company initiated RFPs. Dramatically improved relationship between teams and increased the frequency of engagement of InfoSec in the RFP process.
2011 : 2012
Walgreens
Lead - Information Security Analyst
Provides security analysis of corporate projects. Identifies and coordinates appropriate security services based on project requirements. Acts as an advocate for the project team within the InfoSec department. Conducts project risk analysis to assist with demand management within department. Directly responsible for Information Security review and response of company initiated RFPs as well as Client initiated audits, RFPs and security surveys. Creates, maintains, and updates department processes and documentation.
- Co-created process flow by which all requests for Information Security services are handled within the department.
- Driver of department vision for services model amongst peers. Facilitated discussion resulting in the creation of a service catalog and supporting processes of those services.
- Led team of peers responsible for the creation and implementation of an Alternative Work Schedule Policy for InfoSec department which eventually was implemented by CIO enterprise-wide.
- Identified an internal IT team struggling with InfoSec policies. Partnered with the team to identify InfoSec services within their projects. Resulting relationship dramatically reduced emergency requests.
2009 : 2011
Walgreens
Senior Information Security Analyst
Company:
Walgreens
Years of Experience:
24
Skills
Analysis, Computer Security, Disaster Recovery, Firewalls, Information Security, IT Strategy, Management, Networking, Network Security, Security, Servers, Software Documentation, Vendor Management, VPN
About
Experienced, team oriented Information Security Management professional seeking to improve the security of organizations.
Demonstrated history of working in the retail-healthcare industry. Skilled in Management, Information Security, Program Development and Process Documentation. Understanding of Industry, State and Federal regulatory standards.
Specialties include: Information Security Assurance, Security Vendor Management, Acquisition Security Integration, Information Security Project Review.
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