Allan Alford's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Allan Alford is currently a Delivery CISO at NTT DATA Services in Dallas/Fort Worth Area.Securing NTT DATA Services' delivery of IT services to all its clients.Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Mitel from 2018 to 2019 (1 year) in Austin, Texas Area.Oversaw all information security concerns for both Corporate and Cloud Services.Regulatory compliance and technology strategy and roadmap.Member Of The Board Of Advisors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas/Fort Worth Area.Member Of The Board Of Advisors at TrustMAPP.Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Forcepoint from 2017 to 2018 (1 year) in Austin, Texas Area.Managed all enterprise security operations and governance as well as network infrastructure.Responsible for successful compliance effort for GDPR, as well as ongoing compliance for DFARS and NIST SP 800-171.Supervised the achievement of CSA Star, SOC 2,ISO 27017 and ISO 27018 for Forcepoint's cloud environments.Oversaw the deployment of a substantial arsenal of security products.Served as ambassador to customers and partners as the leader of the Forcepoint-on-Forcepoint program, presenting at numerous events and writing various articles.Product & Business Information Security Officer (PISO & BISO) at Pearson from 2017 to 2017 (less than a year) in San Antonio, Texas Area.Managed all product security concerns companywide (~2,500 digital products).As BISO to the Global Products organization, collaborated with the development teams to ensure that the most business-critical products met the highest tier of security requirements.Managed security requirements and implementation in a multi-team, agile effort to transform Pearson into a cloud-based learning platform company, focused on a single, massive cloud platform for all digital products.Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Polycom from 2006 to 2016 (10 years) in Austin, Texas Area.(Also: Director of Product Security, Sr. Manager of Product Security, Principal Security Engineer)Reporting to the CIO and the EVP of Engineering, led the Polycom Security Office: a centralized, overarching security body that managed information security for both the product lines (Engineering) and the enterprise (IT). Senior Manager, IT Operations at Polycom from 2002 to 2006 (4 years) in Austin, Texas Area. (Also: Manager, IT Operations and Sr. Systems Administrator, Windows & UNIX)Promoted to IT Manager (one site) and Sr. IT Manager (two sites, one division).Ultimately manged 1/3 of Polycom's global IT infrastructure & operations. Co-Host, Defense in Depth Podcast at CISO Series.Diving into a different popular or controversial infosec topic each week... in depth!.

🎓 Education

Allan Alford has a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts from DePaul University, a Master's in Information Systems & Security from Our Lady of the Lake University. Allan has been unemployed for the past four years, having last worked as an information system administrator and information technology research engineer. Allan has been working as a security consultant and penetration tester for the past two years. Allan has beenabbling with the use of Black Ice for the past two years.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Allan Alford'sprofessional skills include a degree in computer science, a five-year long CISO experience, and experience in multiple compliance functions. Alford has a particular interest in data security and regulatory compliance, and has achieved a variety of successes in these areas. Alford is also well-versed in software engineering and has experience in developing and managing software secure infrastructures.Alford's interpersonal skills include excellent communication and problem solving techniques. He is also highly upward-thinking and able to see the most important aspects of a situation before it occurs. Alford is also skilled in leading and coordinating teams, and is an excellent problem solver.