Rick Dakin

Speaker Bios

Company/Organization:	Coalfire
Position:	CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Security Strategist

 

Mr. Dakin is the CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Security Strategist at Coalfire and a recognized industry leader in information technology controls development and testing, including risk assessment, information security, policy development, compliance assurance and IT control program oversight. He has designed and deployed risk management plans for agencies and regulated commercial concerns throughout the United States and supervised IT controls assessment for Sarbanes Oxley, Gramm Leach Bliley, HIPAA, FISMA and Payment Card Industry (PCI) examinations.

Mr. Dakin conducts training for IT audit topics with national audiences interested in administrative and technical security compliance solutions developed to meet emerging regulatory requirements for information security and privacy imposed by HIPAA, GLBA, Sarbanes Oxley and other federal regulations.  He also provides security advice to a number of government and commercial organizations to achieve information security compliance to numerous Homeland Security initiatives including Bioterror response preparedness managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Bureau of Justice Programs.  He has also led teams of forensic analysts to investigate cyber-crimes throughout the United States. Mr. Dakin has more than 20 years’ experience in IT program management with a security focus.  His education includes B.S., Engineering, U.S. Military Academy, West Point and an M.B.A., University of Oklahoma.