Press Release
Information Shield adds Barry Fergus Jones to Expert Panel
Independent consultant, author and teacher Barry Fergus Jones, CISSP, CISM joins security policy Expert Panel and becomes a key contributor to information security policy subscription service.
Information Shield, a leading developer and distributor of information security policy and security awareness products, announced today that Barry Fergus Jones, CISSP, CISM will join its panel of information security and privacy experts. In addition, Barry will become one of the contributors to the new PolicyShield information security policy subscription service. Barry joins a distinguished group of leaders in the field of information security and data privacy including Charles Cresson Wood, Rebecca Herold, Stephen Northcutt and Ben Rothke.
"We are very excited to add Barry to our panel of information security and privacy experts," said David Lineman, president of Information Shield. "He brings a very extensive background of information security, forensics, risk management, audit and corporate governance. He also has tremendous teaching experience both at the corporate and university level, making him an ideal contributor for our PolicyShield subscription service."
Barry Fergus Jones, CISM, CISSP is an independent Information Security Consultant, Teacher and Writer. Barry has over 27 years of experience with information technologies spanning a number of diverse areas, such as: Project management, SDLC Methodology, Standards, Policies and Procedures, QA, BPI, Integrated Problem, Change, Inventory and Configuration Management.
For the last 12 years he has specialized in Information Protection, focusing on Awareness and Education, Policies and Procedures, Qualitative Risk Assessments, Security Architectures and Strategies, Business Continuity, Incident Response, Investigation and Forensics. Barry has spoken to the CTAC/PERF National Conference on Technology and Policy, CIS's Annual Conference, the IIA's annual Information Technology Conference, Florida Telecommunications Association, and the Tampa Bay CIO Council. He is a long-time member of the Florida Association of Computer Crime Investigators (FACCI), and teaches digital forensics in an NSA-certified information security program. With a Master’s belt in Tang Soo Do, belts in a number of other martial arts, he is also a long time martial arts teacher.
The Information Shield Ask the Expert program allows customers and prospects to bring their most challenging information security and privacy policy questions to our panel of experts. Questions will be submitted to our experts, and the responses published in the free Policy Solutions Newsletter published monthly.
Information Shield is a global provider of information security, data privacy and security awareness products with over 7000 customers in 60 different countries. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Information Shield's library of publications allow organizations to effectively build policy-based security and privacy programs that focus on compliance with international regulations. For more information, please visit www.informationshield.com or email us at sales@informationshield.com.
