Abstract: Information security is
a complicated problem to which there are many different
perspectives. Mr. Heim will share his experiences as
an auditor, penetration tester, security consultant,
security product manager, CTO of a software company,
and finally in managing information security for McKesson
Corporation - a Fortune 16 health care company. The objective
will be to provide a real world perspective on the challenges
of information security and how the same problem can
be viewed differently depending on the perspective one
takes. The challenge to information security professionals
is to understand these perspectives and ensure that the
solutions that are developed address their individual
needs.
Biography: Mr. Heim is the Vice President
Enterprise Security for McKesson Corporation. As the
world's largest healthcare services company with more
than $80 billion in annual sales, McKesson Corporation
ranks as the 16st largest industrial company in the United
States. McKesson provides pharmaceutical supply management
and information technologies across the entire continuum
of healthcare.
Mr. Heim’s responsibilities include defining and
enforcing enterprise-wide information security policy
and providing information security leadership across
the enterprise. Patrick is also responsible for security
architecture, engineering, administration, enforcement,
and incident response.
Prior to McKesson, Mr. Heim was the CTO of eNetSecure,
and was also employed as the Director of Professional
Services at nCircle. Patrick also acted as a Senior Manager
in Ernst & Young’s security consulting and
audit practice in the Pacific Northwest region.
At McKesson he has had the opportunity to build an enterprise-wide
IT security function and lay down a solid security foundation
for the corporation.
Mr. Heim has examined the problem of information security
from the angles of a: system administrator, auditor,
security consultant, security product vendor, and a manager
of information security. Each of these experiences has
provided him with valuable insight and a different perspective
into the same problem.
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