Tevora Leadership

Michael Higgins

CISO Advisor

About Michael Higgins

Chief Information Security Officer/Chief Security Officer (CISO/CSO) and Board of Directors and Advisory Board member for security, media and entertainment, healthcare, and finance enterprises. Mike is an industry leader holding key positions at LexisNexis (CSO), The New York Times (CSO), NBCUniversal Media (CISO), Haven (CISO), and Amazon Healthcare (Head of Technology Security).

Mike’s specialties include: Information Security (Infosec); Network Security (Netsec); Risk Management; Physical Security; Compliance; Risk Analysis; Incident Response; Operational Security; Personnel Security; Disaster Recovery (DR); Business Continuity Planning (BCP); Governance Models; Strategic & Tactical Planning; Budget Planning & Management; Cost Reduction Strategies; Project Management; Consulting Services; Operational Excellence; Partnership Building; P&L Management; Business Management.

Mike is a recognized industry leader in risk management, information security, and privacy with unique expertise in creating information and operational risk management control frameworks to achieve effective alignment with overall enterprise risk management programs. Able to translate complex security and compliance requirements and emerging threats while identifying cost-effective technologies to address future issues. Establishing enterprise-wide risk strategies and security architecture.

NOTABLE EXPERIENCES: Visiting Professor UVA, Northeastern University

EDUCATION: BS in Criminal Justice Northeastern, MS Systems Management Operations USC

CERTIFICATIONS: CISM

COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORKS: PCI, GDPR, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF, CMMC