The Resilient Enterprise: Convergence of Technology, Security, Redundancy, and Risk

Abstract

Large scale information processing with leading edge technology, on a global scale, is a common theme for Goldman Sachs, one of the world's oldest and largest Investment Banks. The pervasiveness of information processing and the imperative of security coupled with increasing global threats and risk produce significant technology innovation and management challenges. In this seminar we explore the different approaches of technology, security, redundancy and risk management and from this discuss current and emerging technology and management themes. This seminar covers a spread of areas in depth from the perspectives of technology, human behavior and management.

Bio

As head of the firm's Information and Technology Risk Management organization, Phil holds worldwide responsibility for Information Security, Technology Risk & Compliance and Business Continuity Planning. Phil is also a member of the Core Technology Management Team, chairs the firm's Information Security and Business Continuity Planning Committees and is part of the Corporate Crisis Management Team, as well as various other Corporate Risk Governance Groups. Additionally, Phil co-heads a number of application development teams, producing systems for Internal Audit, Business Control Risk Assessment and Operational Risk Management.

Phil joined Goldman Sachs as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer in 2000 and became a Managing Director in 2003. Phil has more than 20 years of experience across a range of sectors (defense, petro-chemical and finance) and a range of disciplines (application development, systems and network management, network infrastructure and in recent years information security and risk management).

Phil holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of York (England) and a Master of Science in Computation and Cryptography from The Queen's College, University of Oxford.

Phil is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and is a Member of the IEE, IEEE and ACM. Additionally, Phil serves on numerous public, private and government advisory boards.