Bob Varnadoe is a seasoned executive with over twenty-five years building IT and security programs. He has served in information security leadership in fortune 500 companies including as Chief Information Security Officer for NCR Corporation and Vice President of Information Security at Fiserv as well as Vice President of Risk Management at Kaiser Permanente. He currently serves as an executive advisor to Plume Security.

Through his roles, Bob has a depth of experience in overall information security, data privacy program management, IT risk management, compliance management (FFIEC, PCI, and HIPAA), audit management (SOC1/2/3, ISO27001), application security, identity and access management, detection and response, security architecture and engineering, physical security, executive protection, and crisis management.
Bob holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

He is also passionate about developing future cyber security leaders and addressing the technology needs of non-profits through his activity with Year Up United and TechBridge.