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Gina Wierema
Director of Cybersecurity at Discover Financial Services
Chicago, IL, United States
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Experience:
Cybersecurity Risk Center of Expertise (CoE) Director. 1st line !! Metrics, cybersecurity risk assessments, cyber metrics, quantification, cyber insurance management, reputation management, vulnerability remediation management, cyber risk and controls management. AMA!
2019 : Present
Discover Financial Services
Director of Cybersecurity
• Managed the health of a $50M+ Cybersecurity investment portfolio to cross-functional partners., including escalation point for Cybersecurity project delivery challenges; service delivery, resource constraints, and contract management.
• Sponsored Enterprise-level projects implementing innovative security controls with large impacts to external cardmembers and internal employees.
• Promoted transparency and awareness of critical project updates and other program-related topics through various Senior Leadership and Risk Forums to ensure management is apprised of current initiatives.
• Actively coached 12 Cybersecurity Project Managers by facilitating weekly PMO feedback of project status.
• Coordinated yearly financial planning to stage Cybersecurity investments and verify project priorities to growth objectives with Senior Leadership to ensure strategic and financial alignment with Enterprise budgets.
2016 : 2019
Discover Financial Services
Senior Manager Cybersecurity Project Management Office
Implemented and governed privileged user access management processes to regulate the enterprise usage of removable media devices, proxy exceptions, and other elevated access needs.
2015 : 2016
Discover Financial Services
Cybersecurity Assurance Consultant
Designed, Implemented, and Supported Large-Enterprise deployment of Splunk to meet Security and Compliance objectives. Continue to monitor capacity concerns, and develop input applications/solutions for new sources as needed by business partners.
Engineered and supported endpoint encryption and system based HIPS/HIDS/FIM controls within a complex enterprise environment
2012 : 2015
Discover Financial Services
Senior Information Security Engineer
Consultant to internal technical changes to maintain or mature PCI compliance.
2011 : 2012
Discover Financial Services
Internal PCI Security Consultant
2019 : Present
Discover Financial Services
Director of Cybersecurity
• Managed the health of a $50M+ Cybersecurity investment portfolio to cross-functional partners., including escalation point for Cybersecurity project delivery challenges; service delivery, resource constraints, and contract management.
• Sponsored Enterprise-level projects implementing innovative security controls with large impacts to external cardmembers and internal employees.
• Promoted transparency and awareness of critical project updates and other program-related topics through various Senior Leadership and Risk Forums to ensure management is apprised of current initiatives.
• Actively coached 12 Cybersecurity Project Managers by facilitating weekly PMO feedback of project status.
• Coordinated yearly financial planning to stage Cybersecurity investments and verify project priorities to growth objectives with Senior Leadership to ensure strategic and financial alignment with Enterprise budgets.
2016 : 2019
Discover Financial Services
Senior Manager Cybersecurity Project Management Office
Implemented and governed privileged user access management processes to regulate the enterprise usage of removable media devices, proxy exceptions, and other elevated access needs.
2015 : 2016
Discover Financial Services
Cybersecurity Assurance Consultant
Designed, Implemented, and Supported Large-Enterprise deployment of Splunk to meet Security and Compliance objectives. Continue to monitor capacity concerns, and develop input applications/solutions for new sources as needed by business partners.
Engineered and supported endpoint encryption and system based HIPS/HIDS/FIM controls within a complex enterprise environment
2012 : 2015
Discover Financial Services
Senior Information Security Engineer
Consultant to internal technical changes to maintain or mature PCI compliance.
2011 : 2012
Discover Financial Services
Internal PCI Security Consultant
Company:
Discover Financial Services
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