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Phil Agcaoili is a technologist, entrepreneur, and cyber security, information security, and privacy expert. Agcaoili co-founded SecureIT and sold it to VeriSign in 199


Education

Phil Agcaoili graduated from
Columbia High School Columbia High School may refer to: *Columbia High School (Huntsville, Alabama) *Columbia High School (Georgia) *Columbia High School (Florida) *Columbia High School (Idaho) *Columbia High School (Illinois) *Columbia High School (Mississippi), a Mis ...
in
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, in 1989, studied aerospace engineering at
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in
Blacksburg, Virginia Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg, as well as the surrounding county, is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of V ...
, received a
Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
in mechanical engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...
in
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, in 1993, and attended
Georgia State University Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a Public university, public research university in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the ...
in
Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
, for an
MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
in computer information systems. He was inducted into the Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
Pi Tau Sigma Pi Tau Sigma () is an international honor society in the field of mechanical engineering, with most chapters established in the United States. It honors mechanical engineering students who have exemplified the "principles of scholarship, characte ...
in 1991 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was inducted into the East Greenbush Education Foundation Hall of Fame in 2011.


Career

Agcaoili started his career at
General Electric General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable energ ...
. He co-founded and was the Chief Information Security Officer of SecureIT in 1996.SecureIT was acquired by
Verisign Verisign Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, United States that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the , , and gener ...
in 1998 for $70M. After the acquisition, he became VeriSign's first CISO. He was an early foundation member at Internet Devices, which was acquired by
Alcatel Alcatel may refer to: * Alcatel, a former French telecommunications equipment company, which became Alcatel-Lucent and is now part of Nokia * Alcatel Mobile, a brand of mobile phones, tablets and wearables, formerly a joint venture between Alcatel ...
in 1999 for $180M. He was the Chief Security Architect at
Scientific-Atlanta Scientific Atlanta, Inc. was a Georgia, United States-based manufacturer of cable television, telecommunications, and broadband equipment. Scientific Atlanta was founded in 1951 by a group of engineers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an ...
, which was acquired by
Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, ...
in 2005 for $6.9B. He co-founded the Southern CISO Security Council in 2006. While at
Dell Dell is an American based technology company. It develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...
in 2008, he set security standards for
Cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mul ...
as a Founding Member and Steering Committee member of the
Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to “promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing, and to provide education on the uses of cloud computing to help secure ...
. He co-invented and co-authored the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) in 2009 (versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2), co-founded the GRC Stack in 2010, and co-founded the Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR) in 2011. Agcaoili was named the Chief Information Security Officer at
Cox Communications Cox Communications, Inc. (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American digital cable television provider, telecommunications and home automation services. It i ...
in 2009. He has helped shape cyber security best practices for U.S. Telecoms as a committee co-chair for the
Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...
(FCC) Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) II Work Group 2A (Cyber Security Best Practices) in 2010, served on the NCTA Cyber Security Work Group as an inaugural member, played an instrumental role in 2012 in the FCC CSRIC III Work Group 11 (Consensus Cyber Security Controls), served as a committee co-chair for cyber security on the Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC), was a member of the Communications Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Communications ISAC),National Coordinating Center for Communications , Homeland Security
/ref> and was an industry representative on the National Coordinating Center for Communications (NCCC). He was inducted into the Ponemon Institute as a Distinguished Fellow in 2011 and then appointed the Chairman of the Ponemon Institute Distinguished Fellows in 2012. He has been instrumental in shaping United States cyber security efforts.http://www.ten-inc.com/lib/2013_NIST_Town_Meeting.asp Throughout 2013 he helped the
National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into physical sci ...
develop the first version of the U.S. Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) released as the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (FICIC) on February 12, 2014. In 2013, Agcaoili was appointed as a co-chair for the FCC CSRIC IV Working Group 4 – Cybersecurity Best Practices in order to help operationalize the Framework into practice within the Communications sector by updating and aligning his previous effort co-chairing the FCC CSRIC II Work Group 2A (Cyber Security Best Practices) with the NIST CSF. Agcaoili was appointed the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of
Elavon Elavon Inc., formerly NOVA, is a processor of credit card transactions and a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. Elavon offers merchant processing in more than 30 countries and supports the payment needs of more than 1,000,000 merchant locations across t ...
in 2014. He serves on the FS-ISAC and on the Payments Processing Information Sharing Council (PPISC). steering committee. He was promoted to Senior Vice President at US Bank in 2015. He was nominated to serve a two-year term on the Board of Advisors of the PCI Security Standards Council in 2015. He has served on the Editorial Advisory Board for TechTarget Security Media Group Information Security Magazine, Advisory Board for CSO Magazine, Advisory Board for CIO Magazine, Editorial Advisory Board for CSO MAG, Governing Body Co-chair for Evanta CISO Leadership Network, Founding Advisory Council for CISO Executive Network in Atlanta, Founding Member and CISO Advisory Council for Wisegate, Advisory Board for the RSA Executive Security Action Forum (ESAF), and advisory board for SecureWorld Expo in Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas. He has served 10 times as a judge for the Information Security Executive (ISE®) Awards and was on the advisory board for the Worldwide Executive Council Goldman Sachs CISO Council and the Citibank CISO Council.


Information security and cyber security industry contributions

* merican Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) endorsed Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Position Paper on SOC Reports (SAS 70 and SSAE 16 replacement) https://web.archive.org/web/20131020224528/http://www.aicpa.org/interestareas/frc/assuranceadvisoryservices/downloadabledocuments/csa-position-paper-on-aicpa-service-organization-control-reports.pdf] * [Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), founding member https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/about] * [CSA Steering Committee, co-founder http://www.csoonline.com/article/2138561/data-protection/cloud-security-alliance-updates-controls-matrix.html] * SA Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), co-inventor and co-author https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/cm* SA GRC Stack, co-founder https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/grc-stack/* SA Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR), co-founder https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star* SA Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), founding member https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/cloudsirt/* [Hogan Lovells US LLP & Cyber Privacy Working Group - Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework – Privacy Methodology http://csrc.nist.gov/cyberframework/framework_comments/20131205_harriet_pearson_hoganlovells.pdf] * [NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) aka Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (FICIC) - Suggested Updates https://app.box.com/s/2qd8fs7d9xxdgmg7euhc] * [FCC Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) II Work Group 2A (Cyber Security Best Practices), Committee co-chair http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/docs/csric/WG2A-Cyber-Security-Best-Practices-Final-Report.pdf] * ational Cable Television Association (NCTA) Cyber Security Working Group, inaugural member https://web.archive.org/web/20120104150859/http://www.ncta.com/DocumentBinary.aspx?id=968* [FCC Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) III Work Group 11 (Consensus Cyber Security Controls), CSCC cyber security sub-committee co-chair http://transition.fcc.gov/bureaus/pshs/advisory/csric3/CSRIC_III_WG11_Report_March_%202013.pdf] * MSO (cable) Security Council, founding member * MSO Acceptable Use Policy Management (AUPM) Roundtable, founding member * Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions Network Reliability Steering Committee (ATIS NRSC) * [Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Cloud Computing: Business Benefits With Security, Governance and Assurance Perspectives http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/Research/ResearchDeliverables/Pages/Cloud-Computing-Business-Benefits-With-Security-Governance-and-Assurance-Perspective.aspx] * [Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Data Set Project https://web.archive.org/web/20141219104146/http://www.edrm.net/members/2011-2012/individuals] * [IETF Capwap, Contributing Member ] * isk-based vulnerability scanning


Recognition

* [1991 Inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phi chapter of the Pi Tau Sigma https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085230/http://www.pitausigma.net/Chapters/upload/6-Rensselaer-Phi-1990-1999.pdf] * [1998 InfoWorld - Network Hardware: Product of the Year Award (IDI Fort Knox) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Feb_15/ai_53875599/] * [2005-2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Security https://web.archive.org/web/20070303203154/http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/] * 007-2008 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Enterprise Security http://mvp.support.microsoft.com* [2008 Microsoft CSO Summit Excellence in Data Protection Award (
Dell Dell is an American based technology company. It develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...
) http://mvp.support.microsoft.com ] * [2008 Information Security Project of the Year North American Award Nominee (
Dell Dell is an American based technology company. It develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...
) http://www.ten-inc.com/press/2008/press_2008.11.18.asp] * [2009 Information Security Executive (ISE®) of the Year Central Executive Award Winner (
Dell Dell is an American based technology company. It develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. Dell is owned by its parent company, Dell Technologies. Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...
) http://www.ten-inc.com/press/2009/press_2009.04.07.asp]T.E.N. - ISE® Central 2009
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Cox Communications Cox Communications, Inc. (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American digital cable television provider, telecommunications and home automation services. It i ...


* 011 Inducted into the East Greenbush Education Foundation Hall of Fame http://www.egedfoundation.org/hall%20of%20fame%20bios/Phil%20Agcaoili%20Bio.pdf* 011 Named Ponemon Institute Distinguished Fellow http://www.ponemon.org/ponemon-institute-fellows* [2012 Veracode Bridge Builder Award (
Cox Communications Cox Communications, Inc. (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American digital cable television provider, telecommunications and home automation services. It i ...
) http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120314006268/en/Veracode-Honors-Blue-Shield-California-Cox-Communications] * [2012 RSA Conference Award for Excellence in the Field of Security Practice

] * 012 Named Chairman of the Ponemon Institute Fellows http://www.ponemon.org/ponemon-institute-fellows#agcaoili* 012 Information Security Executive (ISE®) of the Decade Southeast Award Winner(
Cox Communications Cox Communications, Inc. (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American digital cable television provider, telecommunications and home automation services. It i ...
) http://www.ten-inc.com/press/2012/press_2012.03.14.asp] * 013 Evanta Top 25 Breakaway Leader Award http://www.evanta.com/ciso/summits/global/481/page/3549* 014 CEOWorld Magazine Top Chief Security Officers (CSOs) to Follow on Twitter http://ceoworld.biz/2014/04/04/top-chief-security-officers-csos-to-follow-on-twitter-198120* 014 Evanta Top 25 Breakaway Leader Award http://www.evanta.com/ciso/summits/global/page/4108 * 017 Corporate Executive Board (CEB) Top 10 Breakaway Leadership Award https://www.epicos.com/article/311202/evanta-announces-winners-global-ciso-executive-summit-breakaway-leadership-awards* 4 Social Media-Savvy CISOs to Follow on Twitter https://www.darkreading.com/careers-and-people/14-social-media-savvy-cisos-to-follow-on-twitter/d/d-id/1329663?image_number=13* op 100 Security Influencers To Follow in 2019 (listed in 01–20) - CISO Platform http://top100.cisoplatform.com/top-100-influencers/


References

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