Harry J. Regan

Harry J Regan, CISSP, CISM, CDPSE, PSP has over 30 years’ experience in technology, security and privacy and has participated with a dozen new technology companies. Harry’s career began with a role in Operations Analysis and Industrial Engineering working with telecom traffic routing, chemical process control, rail operations and analyses of oil and gas operations. That experience fostered an interest in mathematical modeling and simulation studies and provided an opportunity to perform aircraft and missile logistic analyses, and war game simulation for the Department of Defense. Working with several employers in this environment led Harry to an introduction to both physical and cyber security. Harry was employed by a variety of engineering and consulting firms fine tuning his perspectives on both the discipline of security as well as embracing emerging technologies for mission critical applications. In the mid 1990s, Harry joined NASDAQ as Director of Information Security Technology which became the basis of his view and model of an operations-centric approach to integrating technological, business, and human factors into security and privacy. In early, 2000, he joined LogicTier managing physical and cyber security for both the corporation and its customers. Starting in 2006, Harry worked with and for a number of consulting firms expanding his experience and capabilities in cyber- physical security. These included Verizon Consulting Services, Securicon, LLC, Torchlight, and others and provided him with exposure to and hands-on experience with a variety of emerging technologies. These have included Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Zero Trust architectures, Trusted Identity solutions (OKTA, Microsoft) for both terrestrial and cloud-based implementations. Harry received a BA in Economics from Catholic University and an MS in Information Technology and Operations Research from American University and has been a prolific speaker of a number of security topics.