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Wendy Knox Everette
CISO Abett.com
Seattle, WA, United States
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Education:
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
George Mason University School of Law
2013 : 2016
Computer Science
Wellesley College
George Mason University School of Law
2013 : 2016
Computer Science
Wellesley College
Experience:
2022 : Present
Abett
Chief Information Security Officer
2022 :
National Security Institute (NSI)
Visiting Fellow
Adjunct faculty for the law school. I teach Legal Writing Under Pressure, which is a legal writing course aimed at teaching law students how to write effectively and clearly, with a particular focus on product security advisement in the tech industry.
2020 :
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Adjunct Professor
Senior Security Advisor in Leviathan's Risk and Advisory Services group, where I served as Virtual Chief Information Security Officer for a portfolio of several clients, handled SOC 2, HIPAA/HITRUST, and other audits on behalf of a group of clients, and regularly performed advanced ecosystem threat modeling engagements for some of the world's largest companies to assist them in securing concepts of user-facing trust.
I have written several peer reviewed research papers on FedRAMP and published several law review articles. In addition to SOC 2, HIPAA, and HITRUST, I have also had extensive work building compliance programs for FedRAMP/NIST 800-53, ISO 27001/2, PCI-DSS, and a variety of less-common standards for clients in many different verticals and on four continents.
2018 : 2022
Leviathan Security Group
Senior Security Advisor
Assisting organizations in preparing for FedRAMP and HITRUST audits, compliance gap analysis and risk assessment. Advise on GDPR readiness and compliance.
2017 : 2018
First Information Technology Services, Inc
Information Security Counsel
Abett
Chief Information Security Officer
2022 :
National Security Institute (NSI)
Visiting Fellow
Adjunct faculty for the law school. I teach Legal Writing Under Pressure, which is a legal writing course aimed at teaching law students how to write effectively and clearly, with a particular focus on product security advisement in the tech industry.
2020 :
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Adjunct Professor
Senior Security Advisor in Leviathan's Risk and Advisory Services group, where I served as Virtual Chief Information Security Officer for a portfolio of several clients, handled SOC 2, HIPAA/HITRUST, and other audits on behalf of a group of clients, and regularly performed advanced ecosystem threat modeling engagements for some of the world's largest companies to assist them in securing concepts of user-facing trust.
I have written several peer reviewed research papers on FedRAMP and published several law review articles. In addition to SOC 2, HIPAA, and HITRUST, I have also had extensive work building compliance programs for FedRAMP/NIST 800-53, ISO 27001/2, PCI-DSS, and a variety of less-common standards for clients in many different verticals and on four continents.
2018 : 2022
Leviathan Security Group
Senior Security Advisor
Assisting organizations in preparing for FedRAMP and HITRUST audits, compliance gap analysis and risk assessment. Advise on GDPR readiness and compliance.
2017 : 2018
First Information Technology Services, Inc
Information Security Counsel
Company:
Abett
Years of Experience:
9
Spoken Language:
French
Skills
agile methodologies, amazon kindle, amazon web services (aws), Android, aws, data privacy, data security, distributed systems, e-commerce, fedramp, gdpr, GRC, java, legal writing, linux, node.js, performance testing, perl, Privacy Compliance, Privacy Law, Privacy Policies, python, selenium, Software Development, software engineering, Software Quality Assurance, test automation, tomcat, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), web applications, web application security, web development, Web Services, website development, Amazon Web Services, Software Quality
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Experienced Computer Security professional. Skilled in FedRAMP, Privacy Law, Web Applications, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Python.