This expert witness is an Information Security management professional with a proven record of security process improvement.  Her expertise is in information security management, information technology risk management, security tools and techniques, technology-related privacy issues, audit of physical and information systems, security awareness education, and InfoSec metrics.  Her direct technology experience spans enterprise architecture, telecommunications networks, operating systems, database management systems, network management systems, application development and support, business continuity, and operations process.  She has written two books on Information Security and Audit directed at IT Management, and is under contract to write one directed at non-technical C-level management.  She has advanced degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science.  She is certified in Information Systems Audit, Information Security Systems, Information Security Management, and IT Governance ( CISA, CISSP, CISM, CGEIT ).  

• Approaches to Information Technology Due Diligence
• Computer Systems Security Architecture and Management
• Financial Services Regulatory Information Security Requirements
• Information Security Management
• Information Security Tools and Techniques
• Information Systems Security Metrics
• Information Technology Risk Management
• Information Technology System Audits
• Information Technology Governance
• Information Technology Compliance
• Information Systems Processing
• Security of enterprise architectural components and associated management systems, including telecommunications networks, operating systems, database management systems, web servers, storage devices, etc.
• Security Software and Application Integration
• Technology Control Objectives and Activities
• Technology-related Privacy Issues

• M.S., Computer Science
• M.A., Philosophy ( Thesis compared logic in expert systems to that of compiler design )
• B.A., Computer Science and Philosophy  ( Thesis in Philosophy of Expert Systems )

Expert Witness Services:

• Technical Consultant