Laima Grygiel, CBCP, CISM

Refining Resilience

Chicago, IL, United States

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Education: Bachelor of Science

Criminalistics (Forensic Chemistry)

University of Illinois at Chicago

Experience: Serve clients in a virtual consultancy role as clients require. Concentration within the Software, Healthcare and Financial verticals amongst others. Address Identity Management, Data Security, Cybersecurity, IT Risk Management, BCP (Business Continuity Planning), DR (Disaster Recovery) and EM (Emergency Management) either through Pro-Bono, or in temporary and short term contracts.

2019 : Present

Grygiel Group

Information Security Consultant

NFA is the industrywide, self-regulatory organization for the U.S. derivatives industry, providing innovative and effective regulatory programs, including audit for over 700 clients across the US and Europe.

Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management Program Leader. IT Risk Management. Expanded use of the Archer Risk Management system.

2017 : 2019

National Futures Association

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Specialist

Alliant manages assets >$12Billion, is the former United Airlines Credit Union, and is ranked as the #3 largest credit union in the Nation.

Enterprise Information Protection and Security Management. Business Continuity, Incident Response and Disaster Recovery Leader.

Program Manager for Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management and IT Risk Management. Expanded the Crisis Incident Response Plan to include Cyber Security and Pandemic scenarios, and led the C-Level Crisis Response Team.

2010 : 2017

Alliant Credit Union

Senior Information Security Specialist

The US Red Cross largest chapter, San Francisco Bay Area 6 County Chapter evangelizes preparedness for natural disasters across the region with a full set of preparedness courses and formalized business continuity and emergency management plan for businesses and families.

I consulted with the Bay Area chapter board of directors and prepared a presentation for the Annual Red Cross Bay Area conference. Attended by over 300 business representatives around the Bay Area and beyond.

2008 : 2010

American Red Cross

Chair, Preparedness for the Bay Area - 6 county region

Sungard Availability Services is a leading disaster recovery service provided, with data centers and software for business resiliency. It serves the Fortune 1000 as well as many private companies.

2007 : 2008

Sungard Availability Services

Software Product Manager

Company: Grygiel Group

Years of Experience: 28

Spoken Language: English, French, German, Lithuanian

Skills Business Continuity, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Process, Business Resilience, CBCP, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), CISM, Customer Engagement, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Cyber-security, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, DLP, Enterprise Risk Management, Enterprise Software, Governance, Incident Response, Information Security, Information Security Management, IT Audit, ITIL, Management, Online Support, OWASP, Process Improvement, Program Management, Project Management, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, SDLC, Security Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Enterprise Risk

About Technically sophisticated, business-savvy information security leader & consultant with experience in multiple industry verticals.

SPECIALTIES & CERTIFICATIONS:

• CISM - Certified Information Security Manager

• CBCP - Certified Business Continuity Professional

• ITIL v3 certified

• Product Management • Software Development Lifecycle - SDLC • Scrum Master • Agile • DevOps • IT Standards, Policies, Procedures • IT Audit • Vendor Management • Project Management • Disaster Recovery • Risk Assessment and Mitigation • Governance • Compliance • Incident Response • Crisis and Emergency Management • NWS Severe Weather Spotter • CERT • COOP • Identity Access Management - IAM • ITIL v3 Foundation implementation • Data Loss Prevention - DLP • PCI-DSS •

20+ years experience in Information Security, Product Management, Risk Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Management, Emergency Response.

Security Assessment, Risk Management framework development, Internal & External Audit Compliance examinations, Software Engineering, Application security, Cloud Security, IAM, DLP, SIEM, Fraud and Risk Management solutions, Strong Authentication, PCI-DSS, Data Security and API Management.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the Cities of San Francisco and Chicago and States of California and Illinois.

Experience in Software, Healthcare, Financials, Logistics, Insurance, Federal Government, Regulatory, Associations, Consumer Products, Fine Dining Restaurants, Wineries and Education.

CERTIFICATIONS: CISM, CBCP, ITIL v.3, Agile Scrum Master, SQE (ret.), Product Management

COURSEWORK:

1. Epic

2. HIPAA

3. IoT Workshop

4. Internal Audit & Examinations - IT Audits - HIPAA, SOX, Soc1 & 2

5. Software Product Management - Product Management Institute

6. Software Quality Engineering (Ret.) - American Software Quality Institute

7. ScrumMaster (CSPO) - Scrum Alliance

8. Cloud Computing with Azure - Level 2

9. PCI-DSS v.3.0

10. API Management

11. DLP - Symantec, Optiv

12. IAM - Sailpoint

13. Security Policies, Risk Management - Archer