HERNDON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 16, 2022–
Brian Geffert, Global Chief Information Security Officer, KPMG International, was unanimously confirmed to the Global Resilience Federation (GRF) Board of Directors. Geffert joins the board because the consultant for the sharing neighborhood Professional Services Information Exchange (ProSIX).
“I’m pleased to join this group of cybersecurity leaders and bring my IT governance and threat information sharing experience to the table,” mentioned Geffert. “Global Resilience Federation has created a multi-sector space for the exchange of intelligence and best practices against cross-sector and systemic threats. Professional services, particularly since the rise of COVID-19, has been targeted for the data and IP it holds on behalf of clients, and the warning and mitigation advice provided by groups like ProSIX are a vital force multiplier in cybersecurity.”
Geffert joins the board alongside leaders representing menace data sharing our bodies working in operational know-how, utilities, authorized companies, oil and fuel, healthcare, retail, and downstream pure fuel. ProSIX provides accounting, consulting and different companies a safe means by which to share warning, indicators of compromise, system vulnerabilities and mitigation methods, for mutual protection. Along with its peer communities within the GRF community, ProSIX can ship and obtain warning of pervasive, persistent or systemic threats to uplift the cybersecurity of business as an entire.
“Brian brings a wealth of security knowledge from the lens of a global, multi-disciplinary organization,” mentioned GRF President and CEO Mark Orsi. “He is an ideal champion to help advise ProSIX through its domestic and international growth linking professional services firms to defend against cyber threat actors.”
Within the ProSIX neighborhood, companies can flag malicious exercise for different members, debate defensive instruments and strategies, join straight with compromised distributors, and acquire perception from the work of ProSIX intelligence analysts researching and disseminating the most recent safety threats. ProSIX additionally helps cut back third-party danger and builds a resilient ecosystem by providing inclusion of members’ distributors and suppliers by way of its associate neighborhood, the Business Resilience Council.
“As we work together in ProSIX and among the other communities in the GRF network we make it more difficult for threat actors to operate, disincentivizing criminal activity,” added Orsi. “Brian’s knowledge and experience will strengthen the ability of ProSIX and its peers to achieve this mission.”
About GRF
Global Resilience Federation (GRF) is a nonprofit creator and operator of menace data sharing communities. It serves as a hub and integrator for help, evaluation, and cross-sector intelligence trade amongst data sharing and evaluation facilities (ISACs), organizations (ISAOs), and pc emergency readiness/response groups (CERTs). GRF’s mission is to assist guarantee the resilience of essential and important infrastructure in opposition to threats that might considerably impression the orderly functioning of the worldwide financial system and normal security of the general public. Learn extra about GRF by visiting www.grf.org.You may go to @GRFederation on Twitter or Global Resilience Federation on LinkedIn.
About ProSIX
Professional Services Information Exchange is a discussion board for firms to share cyber, programs vulnerability, and provide chain safety data to shield their enterprise, their workers, their prospects and their information. Eligible members embrace consulting, accounting and engineering organizations, amongst others. Find extra data atwww.prosix.orgor by visitingProfessional Services Information Exchangeon LinkedIn or@ProServInfoExchon Twitter.
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