Paul B.

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Skills

Business Continuity, CISM, CISSP, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Employee Training, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Software, Firewalls, Governance, Identity Management, Information Security, Information Security Management, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Intrusion Detection, IT Audit, IT Controls, IT Financial Management, ITIL Certified, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management, IT Strategy, Networking, Network Security, Operating Systems, Organizational Behavior, payment card industry data security standard (pci dss), PCI DSS, Project Management, Security, Security Engineering, Security Management, Security Operations, Software Documentation, Vulnerability Assessment, Training & Development, IT Infrastructure, IT Sourcing

About

Paul Bivian is the Director of Information Security at Kirkland & Ellis. With over twenty two years of IT and Information Security experience, Paul has worked in organizations across the financial, managed security, insurance, transportation, government and legal sector. Over 75% of his career has been focused around information security.



As Director of Information Security, he is responsible for oversight and management of the Governance, Compliance, Threat/Vulnerability Management and Incident Response programs. In his previous role as the CISO for the City of Chicago, he was responsible for measuring, communicating and responding to cyber risks for City of Chicago assets. He led the Information Security Office (ISO) in delivering and enforcing key objectives around strategy, framework, policy and procedures that align to the City’s needs as well as legislative, regulatory and industry best practices.



Consulting experience and expertise in key areas of information technology including:

● Information Security ● Security Policies ● Technology Implementation ●Production Support ● Strategic Planning ● Operations Management ● Project Management ● Staff Development ● Customer Satisfaction ● Promoting Change/Improvement ● Vendor Relationships



Certifications include:

• CISM – Certified Information Security Manager

• ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library v3

• ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library Security Management

• ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library Service Management Essentials

• CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional