WiSKC May Meeting

Join us for our May WiS-KC meeting! 

When: Monday, May 15, 2023 06:00 PM - 8:00 PM 

Where: JE Dunn Construction, 1001 Locust St, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA

Parking & Entry: Use floors P1-P2 of the JE Dunn garage and bring your parking ticket for validation. Enter through the front door off 10th street, by the circle drive.

May Sponsor: CDW

Speaker: Naheed Bleecker, Director of Cybersecurity Governance and Privacy

Topic: Integrating Privacy into your Data Governance Program

Privacy and Information Security work closely together, as separate  functions with many synergies. This talk will cover practical steps to  operationalize a privacy program, keeping in mind key information  security principles.

Speaker Bio:

With three decades of experience in privacy, information security, program management, and IT, Naheed holds numerous security, privacy, and technical process certifications, including CIPM, CISA, CISM, CDPSE, PMP, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, and ITIL, and she is a Six Sigma Black Belt. 

Naheed has established privacy programs for several organizations and serves as a privacy consultant to clients. She has advised organizations of all sizes with different risk profiles and levels of privacy maturity and has held the VP of IT, CISO, and other leadership positions. 

Naheed is a Fellow of the Ponemon Institute, a thought leadership organization dedicated to independent research and education that advances the responsible use of information and privacy management practices within business and government. Ponemon Institute Fellows have distinguished credentials in cybersecurity, data protection, privacy, and other related areas. They conduct high-quality, empirical studies on critical issues affecting the security of information assets and the IT infrastructure. 

Naheed works directly with Innovative Driven’s clients in the U.S. and internationally to address increasingly complex privacy issues and regulations occurring across the globe.