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Stephen Marchewitz
Director of Practice Development
Experience
Stephen has been in the security and risk industry for over 13 years and in IT for over 20 years. He has assisted companies in driving change to ensure clients are successful both in receiving value from products and services as well as managing the security and compliance risks of new projects and technologies. He’s served as an outsourced Chief Information Security Officer for a dozen different companies and consulted to some of the largest companies in the world. Prior to joining TrustedSec, Stephen was the Global Risk Practice Manager in the Digital Transformation Group at Cisco, President and Advisory Practice Lead for a leading information security firm for nine years, a Management Consultant with Ernst & Young, held Technology Management and sales positions with CA and Oracle, and developed new offerings in the insurance industry as an Underwriter and Program Director with Willis Coroon/Chubb in underwriting risk. He is dedicated to helping customers implement the right solutions and services that best meet their business needs, thus allowing them to achieve new levels of success.
Education & Certifications
University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Communications and Statistics; Case Western Reserve University, MBA in Management Information & Decision Systems; Stephen has also been a PCI Qualified Security Assessor and a Certified ISO 27001 Auditor.
Industry Contributions
Stephen has been quoted in such magazines as: Banking Info Security, Government IT, Wall Street Technology, Transaction World, Infosec Institute, Crains, Automation World, Modern Economics, among many others. He’s also presented at various events across the country including: ISACA, ISSA, SecureWorld, the Infosec Summit, Business of Security, the IoT World Forum, various Cisco events, and numerous webinars.
Passion for Security
Stephen’s passion is helping people. He addresses not only technical issues, but more importantly the human issues that CISO’s deem as their greatest areas of need. Stephen is counted on as an expert in risk, security, business intelligence, and decision support systems. Enterprise risk management is an area that many executives and boards are struggling with. He has assisted by giving clear direction and putting complex thoughts into layman’s terms.
Recent Blog Posts
Attacks on the Rise Through Office 365
Office 365 is the most popular line of digital services for businesses for a reason, but when it comes to cyberattacks, its ubiquity is creating challenges. If it seems like every week there’s a new headline about a large-scale hacking incident, it’s not a case of rampant fake news. According to the 2018 Symantec Internet Security...
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Invoice Fraud is Soaring – What you need to know
Organizations are losing thousands—and sometimes millions—of dollars from invoice fraud, which is also known as Business Email Compromise (BEC). At TrustedSec, we have seen a marked uptick in panicked, embarrassed, and/or angry folks reaching out to us for Incident Response and forensics work following a scam. Sometimes, organizations are able to recover some or all...
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Top Six Security and Risk Management Questions
Recently, Gartner put out a report on the top 10 inquiries regarding security projects. The report is based on their analysis of over 10,200 client interactions covering relevant security and risk management topics from July 2018 through January 2019 (see the research here). Interestingly enough, Trustedsec has heard similar inquiries regarding product offerings in discussions...
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Recent Webinars
Dealing With Third-Party Risk Assessments: Creating and responding to vendor questionnaires
Recorded on Wednesday, September 25th Ain’t nobody got time for that! Are you feeling overwhelmed? Have you been diagnosed with a case of audit fatigue? The growth in third-party assessment requests has exploded–more and more organizations are being forced to...
You’ve Been Framed! Using Frameworks to Improve and Defend your Security Program
Recorded May 30, 2019 at 1 P.M. EST The majority of organizations that are in the process of building a security program are starting with a security framework. Frameworks seek to provide a reference for planning but also ensure that...
IoT Security – Getting ahead of the digital impact to your business
Recorded July 25th, 2018 at 1:00 PM EST The End of the Beginning After 3+ years of hype, where are we now with the Internet of Things security, and where are we going? There is continuing pressure to keep our...
