Overview

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Larry Wilson is the CISO of the University of Massachusetts President's Office. He is responsible for developing, implementing and managing the University of Massachusetts Information Security Policy and Written Information Security Program (WISP). The University program is based on industry best practices NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001 Code of Practice, and the 20 Critical Security Controls (CSC).

Prior to joining UMASS, Larry was the Vice President, Network Security Manager at State Street. In this role he was responsible for researching, selecting, implementing and overseeing an engineering staff who managed network security technologies / tools including vulnerability scanning, network firewall policy management, intrusion detection, remote access, DNS security, global and local load balancing, etc.

Larry's industry experience includes IT audit manager for Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services (ERS) consulting practice. In this role he managed a staff responsible for developing and completing a Sarbanes Oxley compliance audit for MasterCard International. Larry's team focused on the application level controls and general computer controls for information technology services implemented and managed from the MasterCard data center in St. Louis.

Mr. Wilson holds a Master of Science degree in Civil / Structural Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. His industry certifications include CISSP, CISA and ISA (PCI Internal Security Assessor). He serves on the Advisory Board for Middlesex Community College and CISO Advisory Board for Oracle. He co-chairs the Massachusetts State University and Community College Information Security Council, and serves as Certification Director for ISACA New England. His major 2013 accomplishments include Finalist for Information Security Executive(r) (ISE(r)) of the Year for both the Northeast Region and North America; and a SANS People who made a difference in Cybersecurity in 2013 award recipient.

Larry has been teaching CISA certification training for ISACA for 8 years, as well as Designing and Building a Cybersecurity Program for SecureWorld and UMASS Lowell MS Information Technology for two years.