Brent Putnam is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional with more than two decades experience in IT and IT security operations, management, and compliance in companies such as Ernst & Young, Novell, and The TJX Companies. More recently, Brent led the implementation of a NIST-based information security program at the Broward County Clerk of Courts, and managed IT security operations at West Marine, including vulnerability scanning, cybersecurity awareness & training, and PCI assessment. Brent is currently managing director of Cyber Security Assurance LLC, a south-Florida based consultancy, and serves the information security community as Membership Director for the South Florida chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and Communications Director of the ISSA Education Foundation.