Nemi George

Nemi George

VP, IT & CISO, Pacific Dental Services

Nemi is currently Vice President, IT & Information Security Officer (CISO) at Pacific Dental Services a National Dental Support Organization. Prior to PDS, Nemi worked with Vodafone Global Enterprise (UK) for over 9 years as Head of Compliance, Security & Risk (CSR) and Managed Mobility (Enterprise Operations) and held a number of roles across architecture, information security, managed service operations, and compliance security & risk. Nemi is the current President of ISACA Orange County. Nemi also serves as an Executive Consultant helping businesses strike the right balance between managing Information Security risks and implementing additional security controls. He is an accomplished speaker and blogger.

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Converge Security Conference 2024 October 25, 2024
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm

Information Security Sucks . . . How to build an Information Security Program that inspires growth, and drives business outcomes

Platinum 3

Information Security Sucks . . . How to build an Information Security Program that inspires growth, and drives business outcomes

Having worked in the Information Security space for almost 20 years, the biggest challenge by far for any Information Security, yet hardly ever talked about if how to get buy in from the wider organization for your Information Security programs, initiatives and controls.

Information Security is often seen as one of many things...
- 1. Compliance Driven | Box Ticking Exercise
- 2. A Necessary Nuisance | One that needs to be tolerated.
- 3. A roadblock | One that needs to be circumvented where possible.

But Information Security needs to be much more inclusive, understood by all and supported top - down in material ways that drive tangible benefits.

This session will address real areas of opportunity, discuss practical ways for security leaders to drive their security program, and ultimately change the security narrative from being a cost burden to a profit center for the business, driving innovation and business transformation.