
Owner & Principal at Rebecca Herold & Associates, LLC: The Privacy Professor tm
Des Moines, Iowa Area

Owner & Principal at Rebecca Herold & Associates, LLC: The Privacy Professor tm
Des Moines, Iowa Area
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Rebecca Herold, CISSP, CIPP, CISM, CISA, FLMI, "The Privacy Professor" tm, has over two decades of information privacy and security experience and is currently the owner and principal for Rebecca Herold & Associates, LLC. Rebecca is also an author and instructor, currently an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance Program. Prior to this, Rebecca was VP – Privacy Services and Chief Privacy Officer for DelCreo, Inc. Rebecca additionally has written chapters in many books covering information security and privacy and regulatory requirements. Rebecca has written hundreds of articles and has also authored a monthly privacy column in the CSI Alert newsletter since January 2001. Some of Rebecca’s books include:
* The Privacy Papers
* Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program
* The Privacy Management Toolkit
* The Definitive Guide to Security Inside the Perimeter
* The Business Executive Practical Guides to Compliance and Security Risks book series
* IT Compliance: The Essentials Series Volume I
* IT Compliance: The Essentials Series Volume II
* Improving IT Service Support Through ITIL
* The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
* Say What You Do
* The Encyclopedia of Information Assurance (2009)
* IT Service Management and Automation
Rebecca creates the quarterly multi-media information security & privacy awareness subscription resource, "Protecting Information." Rebecca also creates an ongoing series of info sec & privacy training modules.
Rebecca has a B.S. in Math and Computer Science and an M.A. in Computer Science and Education. Rebecca is a longtime member of ISACA, Infragard, IAPP, CSI, IEEE and ACM. Rebecca can be reached at rebeccaherold@rebeccaherold.com, 515.996.2199 or 515.491.1564
Global privacy & security governance & compliance programs with emphasis in financial, healthcare, hi-tech, energy & utilities organizations; virtual CISO & CPO; data protection laws; privacy & security standards; supporting policies, procedures; data flow analysis; incident & breach response; vendor security & privacy program review; security and privacy awareness & training; information security & privacy risk assessment; privacy impact assessments
• Named “One of Eight Privacy Firms to Watch” by COMPUTERWORLD in April 2007 (http://tinyurl.com/a2jbbb)
• Named one of the “Best Privacy Advisers” in two of three categories by Computerworld magazine in 2007 (http://tinyurl.com/8wpknk) and 2008 (http://tinyurl.com/8bbyt4)
• In 2008 Rebecca’s blog was named one of the “Top 50 Internet Security Blogs” by the Daily Netizen
• Rebecca was named one of the "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security" for 2007 by IT Security magazine
• In 1991 Rebecca recommended creating, and was instrumental in building, the information security and privacy program while at Principal Financial Group. Under her tenure the program was awarded the 1998 CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award
• Rebecca has earned and maintains multiple professional certifications, including CIPP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, FLMI