Bio
Eric Svetcov, Information Security Leader with International Experience and Deep Cloud Computing Knowledge, is the CISO advisor for Medigram.
Eric is an Information Security and IT Leader with deep healthcare and Cloud Computing experience. He is co-author of the CCISO Body of Knowledge and one of the original CCISO certification trainers, is an Advisory Council member for the CISO Executive Network, led the first global Cloud Computing Company (Salesforce) through ISO 27001 Certification and did it again with MedeAnalytics, led MedeAnalytics through HITRUST Certification with more than 700 assessed controls, and has been a Caldicott Guardian, Chief Privacy Officer, and Data Protection Officer. Eric brings deep International Experience – Europe, Middle East, North America, APAC, and ANZ to the problems facing global scale medical information risks and security requirements. Previously, his work has informed federal level HIPAA audit processes. Eric’s work has supported more than 24 billion patient encounters in the United States and the United Kingdom with records of more than 100 million unique patient lives from more than 900 healthcare organizations.
His prior Big 4 Experience, as Sr. Manager at KPMG – Risk Advisory Services/IT Advisory paired with his Cloud Computing and Information Security thought leadership supports his pragmatic approach as a trainer and speaker at conferences in the United States, Europe, ANZ, and ASEAN. He has taught professional training classes internationally on Data Security and Cloud Computing and authored the first Cloud Computing training class that was certified for reimbursement by the Singapore Government. Mr. Svetcov has been published and quoted in leading IT and Information Security magazines in the United States and Asia/Pacific. Eric has been a Board Member (and former Chair) of the American Board of Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (ABCIA), as well as a former Board Member – ISACA (Auckland Chapter).
In his off hours, Eric enjoys sports with his kids and spends time on his passion for bringing up standards for cyber security nationally. He continues to spend part of his free time creating training programs and writing about cybersecurity.