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Information Security has evolved to a point where the information security professionals can no longer rely on tales of the wily hacker to provide funding of projects. Information Security must look to the same logic models that traditional business units have and are using in the boardroom.

Ravila White will take us through her soon to published thoughts on what tools may be used to communicate and build a comprehensive information security program. This presentation will cover at a high level the methods and logic tools that can be turned into a toolkit for your success.

Regular speaker at SecureWorld - Seattle, Ravila Helen White has led and implemented the information security program for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the past four years.

Prior to joining the foundation, Ravila managed information security for drugstore.com where her focus was of a more tactical nature with a strong emphasis on incident handling, policy development and intrusion prevention and response. Before focusing on information security, Ravila worked for The Casey Family Program. She was one of the original IT professionals hired to automate operations. During her tenure there she engineered messaging and collaboration infrastructures as well as assisted in developing the strategy to migrated from Apple and DEC technologies to Microsoft technologies.

Ravila is a CISSP, CISM, CISA and GCIH. She co-chaired the WSA Security SIG for four years where she turned around the SIG to become the best run and attended. Ravila is a member of Agora and the PacCISO groups.

For paid meetings, no-shows will be charged.