Bob West - SVL Cultura Ambassador

December 17, 2014

Bob joined CipherCloud after more than 20 years in security leadership roles with financial and professional services organizations where he oversaw security strategy, audit and compliance across global teams. He is responsible for working across the company’s business divisions, customer base and partner ecosystem to evangelize the importance of cloud data protection.

Bob is a frequent speaker on the subject of information security and risk, cloud computing, mobility, and on global policy issues such as payment fraud and critical infrastructure. He also has visibility into and advises key people that influence national legislation. He is quoted frequently in the press including publications such as Bloomberg, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Bob is on the advisory board for Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) and has been on the board of management for the Jericho Forum, the advisory boards for the Agiliance, AirPatrol (acquired by Sysorex), CipherCloud, Intelligent ID, Securent (acquired by Cisco), TriCipher (acquired by VMWare), Trusteer (acquired by IBM), The University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Liberal Arts and Education, a member of RSA Security’s Customer Advisory Council and the ISS Customer Advisory Council. Bob was a member of the IT Sector Coordinating Council, and is a member of the international cybercrime subcommittee. Previously, Bob was CEO at Echelon One, an information security consulting and research firm. Prior to Echelon One, Bob was Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati where he was responsible for the enterprise information security strategy. Prior to joining Fifth Third, Bob worked for Bank One in Columbus where he held several key leadership roles, including Information Security Officer for Bank One's Retail Group. Prior to joining Bank One, Bob was a manager with Ernst & Young’s Information Security Services practice in Chicago, and a Senior Systems Officer with Citicorp International in New York and Chicago. Bob received the 2004 Digital ID World Conference award for Balancing Innovation and Reality, and a 2004 InfoWorld 100 Award for implementing SAML and was a nominee for the ISC2 Senior Information Security Professional of the Year, 2011. Bob graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts in German and then received his Master of Science in Management Information Systems from North Central College. Research notes authored: Security Criteria For Selecting A Database: Oracle Database Server 11g

Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Written by: Bob West and David Mortman

Offshore Outsourcing Risks – Look Under the Covers, Written by Jennifer Kurtz, David Mortman and Bob West A Framework For Purchasing Early-Stage Technologies, Written by: Renee Guttmann, Robert Rodriguez and Bob West Fixing The Leak – An Enterprise Data Protection Approach, Written by: Bob West FFIEC Authentication Guidance Update, Written by: Bob West Contributing Author: Security in a Web 2.0+ World: A Standards-Based Approach, by Carlos Curtis Solari, Wiley, ISBN-10: 0470745754, ISBN-13: 978-0470745755